Delhi’s air quality in emergency zone on coldest December day

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that another cold wave could hit Delhi in the middle of the week.

It was a cold, polluted and foggy Sunday in the Capital. While the temperature in the early hours dropped to 3.7 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest December night in four years, pollution levels breached the emergency mark once again. The last time the air pollution reached the emergency level was during the post-Diwali period in November.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that another cold wave could hit Delhi in the middle of the week. Chances of respite from such high levels of pollution are low in the next two to three days, government agencies said…

Hindustan Times: Dec 23, 2018
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