Smog-ridden New Delhi extends schools shutdown

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 05, 2023 6:55 pm

NEW DELHI: Authorities in India's smog-ridden capital New Delhi on Sunday extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no signs of improvement in the megacity's choking levels of pollution.

New Delhi is blanketed in acrid smog every autumn, primarily blamed on stubble burning by farmers in the neighboring agrarian states.

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