Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 03, 2023 1:24 pm

NEW DELHI, India: Schools were shut across India's capital on Friday as a noxious grey smog engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for its 30 million inhabitants.

Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter to blanket the capital in a deadly haze.

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