Thick smog shuts Delhi schools

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 18, 2021 12:10 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned nonessential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.

One of the world's most polluted cities and home to some 20 million people, Delhi is cloaked every winter in a thick blanket of smog.

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