{"id":174147,"date":"2024-11-13T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-city\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:38:22","slug":"delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi overtakes Lahore to become world&#8217;s most polluted city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-115262802,imgsize-7928.cms?fit=600,450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Delhi overtakes Lahore to become world&#8217;s most polluted city\" title=\"Delhi overtakes Lahore to become world&#8217;s most polluted city\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"19\"><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi<\/a> overtook Lahore on Wednesday to become the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/worlds-most-polluted-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world&#8217;s most polluted city<\/a> in Swiss group IQAir&#8217;s live rankings. India&#8217;s pollution control authority said the national capital&#8217;s 24-hour air quality index (AQI) score had touched 418.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->The pollution levels touched the &#8216;severe&#8217; category for the first time this season as temperatures and wind speeds dropped, reducing visibility and affecting some flights. At least eight flights were diverted from the city&#8217;s Indira Gandhi International Airport, news agency ANI reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Pollution Control Board defines an AQI reading of 0-50 as &#8220;good&#8221;, and above 401 as &#8220;severe&#8221;, which affects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi battles smog- a mix of fog and smoke- every winter as cold air traps dust, emissions, and smoke from farm fires.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:2--><\/p>\n<div class=\"orn_free_r pos_a font_mon custom_ad\">\n<div data-grx-impression=\"Article Recommendations - Edit RHS#articleshow_inline_impression#news\/india\/delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-city | \" class=\"arwd_ld_chk orn_r_lhs hide\">\n<div class=\"orn_r_wrp\">\n<p><span>RECOMMENDED<\/span><span>STORIES FOR YOU<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/article_recommendations_wd.cms?msid=115262802&wd_type=outer&art_seo=news\/india\/delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-citypotime:6--><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan<\/a>&#8216;s Punjab province, which shares a border with India and is also battling toxic air, has this month banned outdoor activities, closed schools and ordered some shops, markets, and malls to close early. <\/p>\n<p>The concentration of PM2.5 in Delhi was more than 120 times the World Health Organisation&#8217;s (WHO) recommended levels on Wednesday morning, IQAir said.<br \/>Weather department officials also blamed the smog, which reduced visibility to zero in some places, on high humidity, low wind speed, and the minimum temperature dropping to 17 degrees Celsius from 17.9 C a day before.<\/p>\n<p>Dense fog &#8211; defined as that which reduces visibility to 50-200 metres (164-657 ft) &#8211; was expected to continue over northwest India for the next 2-3 days, the India Meteorological Department said.<br \/><em> <br \/>(With agency inputs)<\/em><\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/delhi-overtakes-lahore-to-become-worlds-most-polluted-city\/articleshow\/115262802.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi overtook Lahore on Wednesday to become the world&#8217;s most polluted city in Swiss group IQAir&#8217;s live rankings. India&#8217;s pollution control authority said the national capital&#8217;s 24-hour air quality index (AQI) score had touched 418. 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