New Delhi loses cleaner COVID-19 lockdown air as farmers burn crop waste

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India's longest spell of clean air on record came to an end in September when New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital city, recorded a ...

Smoke billows from crop stubble as it burns in a field near Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, India, Nov 6, 2018. NEW DELHI: India's longest spell of clean air on record came to an end in September when New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital city, recorded a significant deterioration in air quality, partly due to crop waste burning by farmers.

READ: New research links Asia's air pollution with heavy economic impacts, thousands of premature deaths In September, the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 particles in a cubic metre of air averaged at 47.64 micrograms, more than 17 per cent higher from the same month last year, according to a Reuters analysis of government data, indicating a"poor" rating.That is almost twice the level deemed safe by the World Health Organisation , though it is still below the safety level of 60 micrograms set by SAFAR, India's environment monitoring agency.

 

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