Thanks Kejriwal, Delhi Is Number 1 Now, On The List Of World's Most Polluted Cities!
Hey, Arvind Kejriwal, you did it - New Delhi is number 1.?
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The number 1 most polluted city in the world.
Air Quality? Index measurements from the US Embassy clocked Delhi at 999 on Monday - which is basically off the charts. 'Hazardous', is 500, CNN reported.
Here are measurements from some other locations around the world
Bitlis, a town in Eastern Turkey
Piedras Negras, a city in Mexico
The Delhi government had an entire year to fight pollution - via #OddEven, control on polluting industries, checking the out-of-control construction and demolition sites across the capital, and maybe planting a tree or two.
Reuters
We did nothing.
Delhi is even more polluted than Baodin, China's most polluted city (AQI:298), despite China's aggressive infrastructure boom leagues ahead of anything Delhi has ever seen.
Now, Delhi attempts to cope on its own, with air purifiers and gas masks flying off shelves across stores. Schools have been closed, and the Delhi government - which called itself helpless?in the face of the Modi government - is suddenly announcing plans for jet sprinkling roads and roads, banning polluting diesel generators, bulldozing landfills and maybe even bringing back the failed Odd-Even scheme.?
