03\11\2019 Delhi pollution alert

Alert
Diwali celebration firecrackers, aircraft fumes, vehicular fumes combined with the farmers in the neighbouring regions of Punjab and Haryana burning off their crop stubble (3,000 cases) cause a thick regional haze that was trapped over Delhi by a mythological cold shift in temperatures locking in the fumes. Aircraft are diverted, a city wide health emergency was declared and several temporary city pollution cutting measures were enacted. Queen Mary’s school in Delhi had limited outdoor activities for the school's kids.

The vice-principal of Queen Mary’s school in Delhi, Rachel Rao, said: they for those in the school. “Over the past 10 years the situation has been getting worse; we never used to see pollution like this,”.