Residents said on Friday (Nov7) that the ongoing pollution crisis in New Delhi has exposed them to health hazards, and urged authorities to take swift measures as air quality levels deteriorated to hazardous levels.
00:00Residents said on Friday that the ongoing pollution crisis in New Delhi has exposed them to health hazards and urged authorities to take swift measures as air quality levels deteriorated to hazardous levels.
00:30The government-run system of air quality and weather forecasting and research measured the air quality index at 312, categorizing the city as one of the most polluted major urban areas globally.
00:54India's capital and its neighboring districts are prone to a thick smog every winter, as cold, heavy air traps, construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from agricultural fires, leaving many of its 20 million residents struggling with respiratory illnesses.
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