Toxic smog shrouds New Delhi and the Taj Mahal

‘It feels like chili in my eyes’: Toxic smog chokes New Delhi
A thick white blanket of toxic smog has shrouded India’s capital city, making daily life unbearable for residents. On November 15, the most dangerous pollutant reached a level 40 times over the limit of what the World Health Organization deems safe.
Toxic smog shrouds New Delhi and the Taj Mahal in India
Drone footage of India’s New Delhi showed the world's most polluted capital blanketed in a thick layer of toxic smog. There were similar scenes in Agra, where smog prevented tourists from snapping selfies at the Taj Mahal.
India's capital introduces stricter anti pollution measures as toxic smog hides Taj Mahal
India's government banned non-essential construction in New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air quality that has disrupted flights and obscured the Taj Mahal.
India's toxic smog obscures Taj Mahal and other tourist sites
Thick and toxic smog shrouds India's cities and tourist sites:: November 15, 2024:: New Delhi, India"There are a lot of problems due to pollution. The elderly have difficulty breathing. We get symptoms such as sore throat,
Taj Mahal disappears behind thick smog as severe pollution persists across India
Toxic smog shrouded India's iconic Taj Mahal in Agra on Thursday (November 14), rendering it barely visible from the surrounding gardens of the 17th-century monument. The dense haze also enveloped the Golden Temple,
India's toxic smog hides Taj Mahal, delays flights
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Toxic smog obscured India's famed monument to love, the Taj Mahal, as well as Sikhism's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and delayed flights on Thursday,

Delhi smog visible from space

New Delhi shuts down primary schools

Pakistan Cities Declare Health Emergency as Smog Blankets Region
One doctor compared breathing in Pakistan's toxic air to smoking "dozens of cigarettes a day" as Lahore is the world's most ...
Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smog. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, ...
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Smog disturbs flight, train operations in Punjab
The smog in Lahore disturbed the flight and train operations, officials said on Friday. Over 20 incoming and outgoing flights were delayed at Lahore Airport. More than 11 flights scheduled to take ...
Pakistan's Punjab shuts construction and schools, and lockdown looms to fight smog
Pakistan's Punjab declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another ...
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Smog chokes Pakistan's Punjab province as AQI soars to 1,900 in Lahore and 2,000 in Multan
With smog intensity escalating in Lahore at the end of October, affecting its 13 million residents, the Punjab government ...
Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space
Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be ...
Pakistan employs new measures to deal with nearly 70,000 people affected daily by hazardous smog
Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with ...
Delhi air pollution blankets India's capital in dense smog, sparking emergency measures
Air pollution choking New Delhi has ground outdoor work to a halt and disrupted air travel in the Indian capital.
Smog density harmful for health, say experts
The presence of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 and PM 10 in the air is increasing the density of smog in the city. Data shows ...