Delhi air pollution
Delhi schools, colleges to remain shut till further notice amid massive air pollution
New Delhi/IBNS: All schools, colleges and educational institutes in Delhi will remain closed till further notice, the Commission for Air Quality Management said late Tuesday night.
Offices have been directed to make 50 percent employees work from home.
This was announced as a part of a series of directions for the national capital region as it battles a toxic smog that has blanketed the city for over a week post Diwali.
The air quality in Delhi improved marginally but remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Monday morning.
The calm local winds in the region are dispersing pollutants.
The adverse air quality scenario in Delhi-NCR as a combined result of paddy stubble burning, vehicular pollution, post-Diwali pollution, dip in temperature and other local factors, was also greatly impacted by a dust storm moving in from the South-Westerly directions of the Thar desert which brought in huge quantities of dust that further amplified the PM2.5 and PM10 levels significantly," the commission said in a statement.
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