Delhi doctors declare pollution emergency as smog chokes city
by Michael Safi in Delhi from on (#3789G)
Levels of airborne pollutants are off the scale in parts of India's capital with effects likened to smoking 50 cigarettes a day
A public health emergency has been declared by doctors in Delhi as air quality in the world's most polluted capital city plunged to levels likened to smoking at least 50 cigarettes in a single day.
Slow winds and colder temperatures have been blamed for a surge in airborne pollutants beyond what instruments in the city could measure with some recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) maximum of 999.
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