Soaring pollution has Delhi considering full weekend lockdown
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from Environment | The Guardian on (#5RZHC)
Thick smog envelops Indian capital with pollution levels 20 times higher than deemed healthy by WHO
India's capital, Delhi, and several surrounding states have shut schools, imposed work-from-home orders and a full weekend lockdown of the city is being contemplated in an attempt to tackle the deadly levels of pollution that have yet again enveloped the region.
Over the past weeks, in what has become a dreaded seasonal occurrence, Delhi has suffered pollution levels 20 times higher than the levels deemed healthy by the World Health Organization and a thick brown smog settled over the city.
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