Toxic smog reaches worst levels of 2019 in New Delhi

Millions of people in India's capital have started the week choking through smog. Schools have been closed, cars taken off the roads and construction halted. On Monday, India's top court accused the government of failing to take responsibility for the air pollution crisis. It says authorities are more interested in gimmicks rather than implementing concrete measures. Philip Owira has more.

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BJP in Delhi: "Odd Even is a failure, It has no impact on Pullution"
BJP in UP: "We will Implement Odd Even soon in order to bring Down Pollution"

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Five million masks are being distributed at schools in India's capital, Delhi, after pollution made the air so toxic officials were forced to declare a public health emergency.
A Supreme Court-mandated panel imposed several restrictions in the city and two neighbouring states, as air quality deteriorated to "severe" levels.
Dangerous particulate levels in the air are about 20 times the WHO maximum.
The city's schools have also been closed until at least next Tuesday.
All construction has been halted for a week and fireworks have been banned. From Monday, the city will introduce a temporary scheme so that only cars with odd or even numbered licence plates can drive on given days, in a bid to cut traffic pollution.
Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the city had been turned into a "gas chamber".


Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain advised the city's residents to "avoid outdoor physical activities, especially during morning and late evening hours".
The advisory also said people should wear anti-pollution masks, avoid polluted areas and keep doors and windows closed.
How bad is the smog?
Levels of dangerous particles in the air - known as PM2.5 - are far higher than recommended and about seven times higher than in the Chinese capital Beijing.
An Indian health ministry official said the city's pollution monitors did not have enough digits to accurately record pollution levels, which he called a "disaster"

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ban the cars even though the root of the problem is agricultural burning?

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India needs to make rules on making children, like China puts a max on how many you could have.

This is just getting out of hand, leaving many poor and letting them grow more and more crops to burn again

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Pakistani kala chamri kaly kutta dead in train attack by balochistan

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Ok. But that doesn't mean that all over India is that polluted. Look at Kerala, the air quality is so fresh there.