Masks have returned to the streets of the Indian capital as residents grapple with the annual surge in air pollution.
Masks have returned to the streets of New Delhi as residents grapple with the annual surge in air pollution that has engulfed the Indian capital region.
Officials struggle to rein in severe air pollution levels, an annual and chronic health crisis that disrupts the lives of over 20 million people in New Delhi every year.On Tuesday, the air quality index veered close to the 400 mark for tiny particulate matter, a level considered hazardous and more than 10 times the global safety threshold, according to Safar, India’s main environmental monitoring agency. It is the fifth consecutive day of bad air in the region.
Meanwhile, doctors have advised residents to wear masks and avoid going outside as much as possible because the smog could trigger respiratory infections, flu and asthma attacks. “She cannot breathe. Even though we keep the doors and windows shut in our home, the pollution still affects her so much that even going to the washroom is difficult for her. And she gets breathless,” she said.
Authorities have been trying to discourage farmers by offering cash incentives to buy machines to do the job. But smoke from crop burning still accounts for 25% of the pollution in New Delhi, according to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune.
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