- Title: Delhi zoo turns to water sprays in fight against toxic smog
- Date: 18th November 2024
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) MACAW PERCHED ON BRANCH IN ENCLOSURE, SEEN THROUGH THICK SMOG ZOO VISITORS WALKING AROUND, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 17, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF BLACKBUCKS, ALSO KNOWN AS INDIAN ANTELOPES, IN ENCLOSURE AMID SHROUD OF SMOG NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 18, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DELHI ZOO DIRECTOR, SANJEET KUMAR, SAYING: "For the pollution and dust particles that comes from outside, etc., all the vegetation and trees around the animals are sprayed with water so that the (pollution) levels will come down." ZOO WORKER USING PRESSURE PIPE TO SPRAY WATER NEAR ELEPHANT ENCLOSURE TO COMBAT TOXIC SMOG ELEPHANT STANDING IN ENCLOSURE AMID THICK SMOG ZOO WORKER SPRAYING WATER NEAR ELEPHANT ENCLOSURE NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 17, 2024) (ANI - No use India) ZOO VISITORS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS DEER IN ENCLOSURE SEEN THROUGH THICK LAYER OF TOXIC SMOG ZOO VISITORS ROYAL BENGAL TIGER RESTING IN ENCLOSURE IN DENSE SMOG
- Embargoed: 2nd December 2024 10:03
- Keywords: Delhi Zoo India air animals anti pollution measures health pollution smog toxic zoo
- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Pollution,Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA001051018112024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Delhi zoo authorities took measures on Monday (November 18) to mitigate the effects of the city's deteriorating air quality by spraying water to help reduce the impact of pollutants.
Visitors could still be seen milling around in the zoo on Sunday (November 17) to look at its animals, including elephants, blackbucks, and macaws in enclosures shrouded by thick, toxic smog.
India's pollution control authority said the national capital territory's 24-hour air quality index (AQI) reading was at 484, classified as "severe plus," the highest this year.
According to Swiss group IQAir's live rankings, New Delhi was the most polluted city in the world with the air quality at a "hazardous" 1,672 at 0700 GMT and the concentration of PM2.5 — particulate matter measuring 2.5 microns or less in diameter that can be carried into lungs, causing deadly diseases and cardiac issues — was 130.9 times the World Health Organisation's recommended levels.
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