NEW DELHI: Schools were shut across India’s capital on Friday due to grey smog that engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for its 30 million people.
Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter to blanket the capital to create a hazardous haze.
On Friday, levels of the most dangerous PM2.5 particles — so tiny they can enter the bloodstream — were almost 35 times higher than the daily maximum recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), as reported by monitoring firm IQAir.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced late Thursday that all primary schools in the capital would be closed for at least two days.
