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  2. Delhi smog visible from space as air quality ranked ‘severe ...

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    The toxic smog engulfing Delhi was visible from space as satellite images captured the Indian national capital’s “severe” air pollution crisis continuing for two consecutive days ...

  3. Delhi’s air quality ‘severe’ as breathing air akin to smoking ...

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    Air crisis and pollution level in Delhi are here to stay for the next two to three weeks, officials warn Delhi’s air quality ‘severe’ as breathing air akin to smoking ‘25-30 cigarettes a ...

  4. Air pollution in Delhi - Wikipedia

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    The Great Smog of Delhi was a severe air-pollution event in New Delhi and adjoining areas in the National Capital Territory of India. [57] Air pollution in 2016 peaked on both PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels. [58] It was reported as one of the worst levels of air quality in Delhi since 1980. [59]

  5. Inhaling Delhi’s polluted air is like smoking 50 cigarettes a ...

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    According to Swiss Air Quality Index monitoring group IQAir, the concentration of PM2.5 in the air increased to 737 on Monday, about 150 times the WHO limit, making Delhi, home to more than 30 ...

  6. 2024 India–Pakistan smog - Wikipedia

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    The air pollution generated in November 2024 in India and Pakistan was regarded by climate researchers as an unprecedented intensification of the region's annual pollution cycle. [2] NASA satellite imaging showed a continuous cloud of smog that extended across the majority of eastern and northern Pakistan, as well as northwestern India. [3] [4]

  7. Environmental issues in Delhi - Wikipedia

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    Delhi Peripheral Expressway: Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Western Peripheral Expressway is expected to divert more than 80,000 trucks away from Delhi and reduce pollution of Delhi by 27%. [43] [44] It was inaugurated in May 2018. Solar crematoriums: approx. 5% of Delhis air pollution is due to cremations with wood in the open-air burning ...

  8. Delhi’s air pollution is so bad nearly half of city’s ...

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    A study published in June found that air pollution killed 135 million people over the last four decades around the world, with India and China accounting for the bulk of the fatalities. In 2023 ...

  9. List of most-polluted cities by particulate matter concentration

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    The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively). [1 ...