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Title: Delhi Trudges Through Another Air Pollution Nightmare With No Answers

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/20/1743...

An anonymous reader shares a report: On Tuesday morning, the air quality in
India's capital under a widely used index stood at 485. While that is almost
five times the threshold for healthy breathing, it felt like a relief: The
day before, the reading had shot up to 1,785. Infinitesimal air particles
were still clogging lungs and arteries, but it was possible to see sunlight
again, and to smell things. [...] Every year this suffocating smog
accompanies the drop in temperatures as the plains of north India shed their
unbearable heat for wintertime cool. And like clockwork, political leaders
roll out emergency measures intended to quit making the problem worse. Yet
India seems powerless to reduce the effects of this public health
catastrophe, as its politicians stay busy trading blame and trying to
outmaneuver one another in legal battles. The haze was so shocking this week
that Delhi's chief minister, Atishi, who goes by one name, declared it a
"medical emergency" endangering the lives of children and older people. The
Supreme Court, whose members also live in the capital, chided the national
government for responding too slowly and ordered special measures: halting
construction work and blocking some vehicles from the roads. Schools were
closed indefinitely to protect students.

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