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NEW DELHI — All primary schools in Delhi will close due to worsening air pollution, officials have announced.In a post on X, the Indian capital's chief minister, Atishi Marlena Singh, said classes will move online until further notice due to a thick smog that has enveloped the city.Delhi and nearby cities are experiencing pollution levels that are deemed hazardous to people's health. On Thursday, fine particulate matter in the air was more than 50 times what is considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO).Delhi and northern states annually face smog during the winter due to a confluence of dropping temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speeds, vehicle emissions and crop stubble burning.According to IQAir, a Swiss-based Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring group, Delhi had...
November 15, 2024
Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens
