“Smog chokes Delhi”, declared the New York Times on November 7 2016, informing readers around the world that contaminating particulates in the air in the Indian capital had “soared in some places to…more than 16 times the limit India’s government considers safe.”
I was in Delhi at the time for my niece’s wedding. Visibility was virtually nil – 100 metres at best – and, devastatingly, winds were calm. Schools were closed for three days.”
Business Standard
Read it on Delhiair.org:
Another smog season looms: India must act soon to keep Delhi from gasping