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  • 11/19/2024
Drone footage showed severe pollution persisting in India's New Delhi on Tuesday (Nov 19) as residents in the country's northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality, with a layer of dense fog shrouding most of the region.

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00:00Drone footage showed severe pollution persisting in India's New Delhi on Tuesday as residents
00:07in the country's northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality, with a
00:12layer of dense fog shrouding most of the region.
00:16The Air Quality Index had touched a peak of 491 in Delhi on Monday, forcing the government
00:23to introduce restrictions on vehicle movement and construction activities, and schools to
00:28conduct classes online.
00:31Delhi's 24-hour Air Quality Index reading was at 488 on a scale of 500 on Tuesday.
00:39India's Central Pollution Control Board said at least five stations in the capital reported
00:45an AQI of 500.
00:48India battles air pollution every winter as cold, heavy air traps dust, emissions and
00:53smoke from farm fires started illegally in the adjoining farming states of Punjab and
00:58Haryana.

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