‘North India pushed to medical emergency’ says New Delhi state chief amid soaring pollution

Record ID: 1856897

  • Title: ‘North India pushed to medical emergency’ says New Delhi state chief amid soaring pollution
  • Date: 18th November 2024
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF INDIA GATE WAR MEMORIAL COVERED IN SMOG TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING WITH BELONGINGS AT MEMORIAL AMID SMOG (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, AKSHAY PATHAK, SAYING: "Morning walk usually feels good, but now the air is polluted so we are forced to wear a mask. The pollution is especially worse during the afternoon. There is a burning sensation in the eyes and slight difficulty in breathing." VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF CROP RESIDUE BURNING IN FARMLAND NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI STATE CHIEF, ATISHI MARLENA, SAYING: "Elderly people are unable to breathe and they are getting hospitalised. Even children are unable to breathe. Children have to resort to using steroids and inhalers for breathing. Why is this happening? Because of crop residue burning across the nation. Farmers are burning stubble in Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. But the federal government is sitting idle. Today, the entire north of India has been pushed into a medical emergency." SIGNBOARD READING (English): "RML (RAM MANOHAR LAL) HOSPITAL" LOCALS WEARING MASKS WALKING NEAR HOSPITAL SIGNBOARD READING (English): "POLLUTION RELATED ILLNESSES CLINIC" VARIOUS OF PATIENTS CONSULTING DOCTOR DOCTOR LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (English) DOCTOR AT RAM MANOHAR LAL HOSPITAL, AMIT JINDAL, SAYING: "The ones which (who) we consider as healthy…they are out earning their livelihood, so they are exposed to the polluted air for longer periods. We can confine the children and elderly individuals to their homes but the bread earner of the family cannot stay inside the house. So, they are also getting affected because of air pollution." NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG BUILDING COVERED IN SMOG TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG MAN STANDING WEARING MASK VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SENIOR SCIENTIST AT INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF NEW DELHI, NARESH KUMAR, SAYING: "In the coming days, dense to very dense fog will prevail in Haryana and Punjab for the next 5 days. Delhi-NCR will be covered by moderate to dense fog for the next 3-4 days, and Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan will be covered by dense fog for the next 2-3 days." AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF THE TAJ MAHAL COVERED IN SMOG
  • Embargoed: 2nd December 2024 14:03
  • Keywords: AQI India New Delhi air quality index pollution smog smoke
  • Location: NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB/NOIDA, AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • City: NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB/NOIDA, AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Pollution,Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVA001058318112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: New Delhi State Chief Atishi Marlena said northern India was being pushed to a medical emergency after pollution readings in the capital city and other suburban areas hit their highest levels of the season on Monday (November 18).
    Visibility dropped to 100 meters in the capital with Swiss group IQAir recording New Delhi's air quality at 1081, falling under the 'hazardous' category.
    Atishi said farm fires in the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh were responsible for northern India's plummeting air quality and asked the federal government to take accountability.
    Farm fires this season have contributed as much as 40 per cent of Delhi's pollution, SAFAR, a weather forecasting agency under the Ministry of Earth Sciences said.
    New Delhi residents have been complaining of symptoms including shortness of breath and muscular cramps induced by pollution-related illnesses.
    Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, a government-run hospital in New Delhi, has set up a special clinic for pollution-related illnesses, where doctors said patients visited complaining of a number of health issues, including coughs, irritation in the eyes and sore throats.
    The winter blanket of smoke and fog descended in the neighbouring cities of Noida and Agra of Uttar Pradesh state as well. India's famed monument Taj Mahal was also covered in a thick layer of haze from trapped cold air dust, emissions and smoke.
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