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Bad air calls for the Supreme Court
BROADCAST AND DIGITAL RESTRICTIONS ~ ** Broadcasters: No access India Digital: No access India. * ~ The air pollution in India’s capital New Delhi – so severe that it obscures your view and burns your airways. On Saturday, the Supreme Court called on the central government to come up with an emergency plan to combat dangerous smog in New Delhi, calling the situation “very serious”. The fact that the air in the city of 25 million people becomes unbearable, especially in winter, is not a new phenomenon. The reason is not only the dense traffic, coal-fired power stations and the burning of grain stubble in the surrounding area also contribute significantly to the fact that the “Delhiites”, the inhabitants of Delhi, are short of breath. In addition, there is the dust, which is among other things in larger ones Construction projects are emerging. These are now to be suspended for three days and schools to be closed for a week, according to an announcement by the city government on Saturday. A temporary lockdown in the city is also being discussed. The residents of the metropolis take it with composure, sometimes worried, sometimes resigned. “So a lockdown of two or three days really won’t solve the problem of air pollution. But well, maybe it will help a bit after all. “” With so much pollution you really have to ask yourself whether you will even go outside. “A special chamber of the Supreme Court has started hearing a complaint, that of you Students were submitted because of increasing air pollution.
Due to bad air in India’s capital New Delhi, an emergency plan is now being demanded by the court. School closure and temporary lockdown are possible.