Delhi faces pollution emergency!

February 05, 2014 17:27

If you wanted definitive proof about just how polluted Delhi is, the Centre for Science and Environment has it for you.

The CSE has found out that if the city authorities used the air quality classification or health alert system adopted by the United States or China in Delhi, our national capital would figure in the list of cities which are in a state of an emergency pollution and need contingency action.

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