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Delhi braces for pollution with emergency plan

Smog spikes during winter in Delhi, when air quality often eclipses the World Health Organization’s safe levels.

By: Keerthi Mohan

Delhi’s biggest coal power plant was set to shut down Monday as a new emergency plan to improve air quality in one of the world’s most polluted cities came into force, Indian officials said. Under the new strategy, restrictions on construction sites and traffic will be imposed depending on the air quality in the megacity of some 20 million people. When the air is classed as “poor”, as it was on Monday, authorities will ban the burning of garbage in landfills as well as fire crackers and certain construction activities. When the air is “very poor” diesel generators will be…

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