Pollution levels in the Indian capital have reached 20-25 times more than the WHO's recommended safe limit.

Air quality in India’s capital Delhi has deteriorated to severe and extremely poor levels in the past few days, data shows.

Pollution levels crossed 25-30 times the World Health Organization (WHO)’s recommended safe limit at several locations in the city last week.

Experts have warned that the situation will worsen in the coming days due to weather conditions, use of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali on Thursday and burning of crop remains in neighbouring states.

Delhi and several northern Indian cities report extreme levels of air pollution between October and January every year, causing disruption to businesses, shutting down of schools and offices.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Huh, article blames mostly weather and crop burning so they tried to crack down on fireworks. Sounds about right.

    Too bad this doesn’t affect a capital city where the people able to do something about it would also be affected