New Delhi: Delhi turns off the school until further notice, urges people to work from home and prohibit non-essential trucks into the Indian capital because of the level of dangerous air pollution.
One of the most polluted cities in the world and home for around 20 million people, Delhi is controlled every winter with thick cucumber.
Safe! You have managed to throw your votelogin to see results on Saturday, the Delhi government has ordered school to be closed for a week and forbade construction work for four days.
But in an order past Tuesday night, the air quality management commission for Delhi said all educational institutions must remain closed until further notice.
Lorries except those who carry important items are prohibited from entering the capital until November 21 and most of the construction activities are stopped, the command word.
“Anti-fog weapons” and water sprinklers are ordered to operate in hotspots at least three times a day.
Six of 11 thermal power plants within a radius of 300 kilometers to be to stop operating until further notice.
The Commission also said that at least 50 percent of staff employed in the government must work from home and encourage them in private companies to follow the suit.
The order came a few days after the Delhi government pushed back on a call by the Supreme Court of India to declare the “pollution locking” – the first – which would limit the population of their city to their homes.
One of the contributors to air pollution in winter is smoke from farmers who burn their plant residue in neighboring countries.
The government, however, told the Supreme Court that the industry was the biggest contributor to the vehicle pollution and dust.
This week, PM 2.5 levels – the most dangerous particles responsible for chronic lungs and heart disease – have more than 400 in several parts of the city.
Last week, the level-level touched 500 more than 30 times the maximum limit recommended by the World Health Organization.
Lancet reports in 2020 said almost 17,500 people died in Delhi in 2019 because of air pollution.
And a report by the Swiss IQair organization last year found that 22 of the 30 most grandparent cities in the world were in India.