India's capital declared a public health emergency as a toxic, throat-searing cloud of smog choked the city
The dangerous levels of pollution have prompted authorities in New Delhi to declare a public health emergency, diverting planes, forcing schools to shutter, halting construction, and instituting new traffic controls limiting the number of cars on the road. Most residents who can afford to are staying home with air purifiers turned on, though working class Delhiites are left with little choice but to venture outside -- many of them without masks.
"The most important factor is stubble burning. The government needs to put a value to this agriculture," Singh said, suggesting the government buys it and burns it cleanly instead."It will always be cheap for farmers to pour some kerosene on it and burn it. I think this is the basic challenge, but it can be overcome.
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