Pollution | ??0Updated 3 years ago Delhi-NCR Chokes Again
Delhi-NCR is choking again as air quality in many areas is hazardous. A layer of smog and haze is lingering over the national capital.
A thick fog blanketed the national capital significantly causing visibility issues and disrupting flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
This distressing sight is from Mount Everest. Despite the mountain's remarkable climbing tales, the video highlights the unfortunate reality of climbers leaving behind trash. Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the ''world's highest garbage dump.''
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This looks like a snow-covered river but one of India¡¯s most sacred rivers, the Yamuna, is covered in toxic foam produced due to industrial waste.
These visuals could be from anywhere in India. In various cities, all over the country remnants of firecrackers lay on roads, post-diwali the emissions from firecrackers have worsened the air quality in Delhi-NCR.
Delhi recorded 104 deaths due to COVID-19 in one day and that¡¯s a new record. Not just this, over 7,053 new COVID-19 cases were also recorded in the last 24 hours.
Delhi-NCR is choking again as air quality in many areas is hazardous. A layer of smog and haze is lingering over the national capital.
Anti-smog guns have been deployed at large construction sites amid rising pollution levels in the national capital. Over 10 anti-smog guns have been installed to control pollution.
Delhi Chief Minister launched a mega anti-air pollution campaign, saying polluted air can be life-threatening in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vertical gardens will be installed underneath 14 flyovers of Chennai. The work has resumed after nearly seven months due to the COVID-19 lockdown and is expected to be completed by the end of October.
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