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AQI ‘severe plus’ in Delhi-NCR: CAQM suspends all outdoor sports; warns serious health risk to children | India News

NEW DELHI: As air quality deteriorated to ‘severe plus’ across Delhi-NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday directed Delhi and NCR state governments to ensure the immediate suspension of all outdoor physical sports activities, warning that their continuation poses a “serious health risk to children.“In a letter to the chief secretaries of…

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‘Only 9 of 37 monitoring stations worked on Diwali’: SC slams agencies over Delhi air data gaps; seeks CAQM affidavit | India News

Supreme Court (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the failure of several air quality monitoring stations in Delhi during Diwali, observing that authorities cannot wait for pollution levels to hit the “severe” mark before acting.During the hearing of the MC Mehta case, a bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai…

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