Public Health Emergency in Delhi/NCR :(
By DJ
@Daljinder (23231)
Bangalore, India
November 8, 2017 8:19am CST
Delhi and National Capital Region woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday morning.
Air Quality dropped rapidly. Increase in smog. Low visibility! Pollution levels surpassed moderate standards multiple times.
In fact, Agra-Noida-Yamuna Expressway this very morning had a deadly accident. Over dozen cars ramming into each other one after the other.
Hence, Indian Medical Association has declared public health emergency!
We are urged to not to venture out unless necessary and not without masks. Delhi schools are shutting down. Athletes, morning walkers/joggers, marathons being asked to stay put at homes as smog is worse in the early hours.
I don't want to say anything as I have nothing good and appropriate to say on this matter. 
I don't want to say anything as I have nothing good and appropriate to say on this matter. 
IMA President Dr K K Aggarwal declare Public Health Emergency in Delhi/NCR due to Air Pollution!
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7 responses
@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
10 Nov 17
@Daljinder You are right, rain is only a temporary solutions. Many places in the world need active measures. It's already too late.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
10 Nov 17
@LadyDuck No rains in sight. And rain is a temporary solution and unpredictable at best. We need active measures here.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
10 Nov 17
@amadeo I am. But it certainly put a dampener on stuff that I had to do.
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@vandana7 (98823)
• India
22 Mar 18
I was seriously thinking of developing a device to pull out the remaining part of the crop instead of burning it. Smog can be from vehicles, no doubt. But I doubt if vehicles alone can make it so dense. It has to come from elsewhere as well, with wind.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
22 Mar 18
@vandana7 Farmers burning crops! Both Haryana and Punjab. They said they don't have right means to dispose off stuff they burn and they can't afford the ones that are available. They were neck deep in debt already. That was before farmers went on strike all over the nation. Hence the farmer loans are being waived off / written off. I think Maharashtra, Punjab and even Karnataka did.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60337)
• Perth, Australia
30 May 18
@Daljinder That is horrible! What is it like now? Reminds me of how Japan can be with their air.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 18
@VivaLaDani13 It was 41 C I think. How much cold does it get in winters over there?
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
30 May 18
@VivaLaDani13 It's hot. Really really hot. 34 C / 93 F.
Pollution gets bad in winter due to fog/ smog.
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@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
6 Jun 18
I know how polluted air of Delhi is. I had been in Delhi for sometime few years ago and the air was terrible. I caught respiratory disease when I was there. Now I don't want to stay there at any cost.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 18
@anamika161 Its pretty bad during winters. Probably why I have scratchy throat as I live only an hour away from Delhi.
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@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
6 Jun 18
@Daljinder Yeah.. I neither like summers nor winters of Delhi NCR.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jun 18
@Peach10 Too much pollution mixed with winter fog. Not to forget smoke coming from farmers burning the waste crops. It just snowballed from there
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@Peach10 (1920)
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6 Jun 18
@Daljinder are you from there? Hope it would soon leave. Take care
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@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Nov 17
WOW Putting in prayer that all clears up. We had some heavy fog last night.
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@Daljinder (23231)
• Bangalore, India
10 Nov 17
@RasmaSandra You know how stuff goes nowadays. Politics over everything. Solutions be damned.
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