NEW DELHI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air ‌quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people. • ...
Smog covered New Delhi after Diwali celebrations, with firecrackers adding to pollution, WJXT and Al Jazeera reported. The Hindu said the city’s average air quality index was in the “very poor” category, while Free Press Journal reported the same reading and said Jahangirpuri had the worst level. The Hindu’s description gave a higher peak reading for that area than Free Press Journal. Al Jazeera reported severe air quality on Monday; other reports described conditions as very poor or close to severe.
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