- Title: Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival
- Date: 15th November 2020
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 15, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE SHROUDED IN SMOG VEHICLES ON ROAD AMID SMOG METRO TRAIN MOVING AMID SMOG TREES AMID SMOG BUILDINGS AMID SMOG GOODS TRAIN MOVING AMID SMOG TRAFFIC ON ROAD AMID SMOG (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, SANJAY GUPTA, SAYING: "There is irritation in throat and there is suffocation (due to pollution). I don't smoke but it feels like I am smoking 100 cigarettes every day." AIR QUALITY INDEX SHOWING PARTICULATE MATTER PM2.5 AT 939.00 UG/M3 (MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER OF AIR) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES ON ROAD AMID SMOG VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF MAHARANA PRATAP INTER STATE BUS TERMINUS PEOPLE AT MAHARANA PRATAP INTER STATE BUS TERMINUS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, MADHAV SINGH, SAYING: "I know pollution is increasing due to stubble burning but we have to become more aware and we also need to take steps from our end (to reduce pollution). Yesterday, people and children set off firecrackers, it is harmful to us." TRAFFIC AMID SMOG BUILDINGS AMID SMOG VARIOUS OF RAILWAY TRACKS SEEN AMID SMOG
- Embargoed: 29th November 2020 06:19
- Keywords: Diwali India air pollution firecrackers health smog traffic
- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Pollution,Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA001D4OEVRB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The festival of lights, Diwali, left New Delhi residents to cope with alarmingly high levels of air pollution on Sunday (November 15) as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight after firecrackers were set off despite a ban in the Indian capital.
Lighting firecrackers was banned in New Delhi and steep fines for any violations were announced but many flouted the rules on Diwali, with the loud noise echoing way into early hours of Sunday.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in New Delhi stood at 473 on a scale of 500, indicating "severe" conditions that are hazardous, according to the federal pollution control board's guidance.
New Delhi ranks among the world's most polluted cities, with air quality usually worsening at this time of year, when smoke from firecrackers celebrating the Hindu festival of lights and crops burnt in nearby states envelops the city of more than 20 million. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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