From Our Special Desk : Eastern Chronicle 24×7, The 14th November, 2024.
Toxic Smog obscured India’s famed Monument to Love, The Taj Mahal, as well as Sikhism’s Holiest Shrine The Golden Tample in Amritsar, and Delayed flights on Thursday , becoming too thick to see through in several places.
The city of Lahore, in neighbouring Pakistan, ranked World’s most air polluted city in this winter accross the region.It was worsened by dist, smoke, emissions and thick smoke fired burnt illegally in India’s farming state nearby Haryana and Punjab.
In city of Agra, the Taj Mahal was barely visible from the gardens, in front of the 17th Century’s monument , while dense fog wreathed worshippers at Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab.
Delhi flights faces delays , with tracking website flightradar24, showing 88% of Departures and 54% of Arrivals of flights delayed.
Officials blamed high Air pollution , combined with humidity, becalmed winds, and a drop of temperature for the Smog, which cut visibility to 300 meter(980 feet) at Delhi International Airport , which diverted at ZERO visibility in the Airport, on Thursday.
More patients runs to Hospitals , particularly children and old-age people.
“There’s sudden increase of allergies, cough and cold among the children …. and a rise of acute asthama “-a prescriptioner reported.
Delhi’s Minimum Temperature fell 16.1 degree Celsius on Thursday, from 17 degree Celsius the Previous day, Wednesday. Delhi’s pollution is ‘ severe ‘ recorded 430 on an index shows and air quality maintained by top pollution panel.
