Homeless people continued to take to night shelters to escape the cold in Delhi. The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has set up 235 pagoda tents to provide shelter to the homeless.
According to Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi's AQI was 224 at 8 am Tuesday, ranging between 254 and 214 in different parts of the national capital.
Early Friday morning, Delhi’s air quality index was recorded at 329.The city also witnessed season’s coldest night so far with the night time temp dropping to 9.5 degrees Celsius.
Delhi residents attribute the key reason for the rising pollution levels to the increased number of vehicles running even after government restrictions.
Cleanest air recorded this year in Delhi was on 13 September, when AQI touched 52. Levels of ultrafine particulate matter or PM2.5 are increasing every year.
Several officers on daily duty continue to suffer from cough, throat aches & burning eyes. Health experts argue exposure to pollution can lead to permanent lung damage & more.
The apex court directed Delhi-NCR states to decide on physical classes for students up to class 12 and set up a complaint mechanism for violations of Stage 4 GRAP restrictions.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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