Every autumn, New Delhi is blanketed in acrid smog. It is primarily blamed on stubble-burning by farmers in neighbouring agrarian states.The annual smog is blamed for hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year.
Secondary schools “are being given the option of shifting to online classes”, added Ms Atishi, who uses only one name, following days of high pollution levels.The Indian capital – which has a population of 30 million people – once again ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Sunday, according to monitoring firm IQAir.
But critics say governments wilfully ignore the agricultural primary source of the public health crisis.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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