Air pollution in India’s capital closes schools, draws protests and warns sick people to escape
New Delhi – Authorities in India’s capital have urged primary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as annual air pollution hits for the first time this season. For the first time, the toxic air has drawn protests against the government, and a warning for people with health problems to simply leave Delhi if they can’t.
Heavy exposure shows less severe effects on people with impaired immune systems, and affects even healthy people, according to India’s central pollution control board (CPCB).
Emergency measures have been announced after Delhi’s air quality index
The air quality in India’s capital is deteriorating significantly Every year Around this time due to many factors, including farm waste from burning and seasonal weather conditions – but activists say that the management was not doing enough to meet the polluted air.
On the other hand, hundreds of people protested against the poor air quality at Delhi’s Gate Gate over the weekend.
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Several protesters wore gas masks as a symbolic act of protest and held banners, including one that read: “I miss breathing.”
Earlier this month, one of the top pulmonologists, Dr. Gopi Chand Khilnani, urged people with health problems who can temporarily leave Delhi to do so.
“Everyone cannot leave Delhi, because it is not easy, Khilnani told Andian expression.
The toxic air is affecting the health of the city’s population apart from lower health problems, many residents of Delhi are complaining of breathing problems and eye irritation this week.
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“All air in Delhi NCR [National Capital Region] Today comes with huge health costs – we see many patients struggling with breathing, asthma, and heart problems, the elderly, and those with chronic diseases, “and those with public diseases, he told a group of journalists on Monday.
The latest report of the Lancet Medical Journal – Calculating Health Change and Health Change 2025 – Bad Warning for India: The country recorded 1.72 million pollution from outdoor air pollution in 2022, rising 38 percent from 2010.
