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Title: Public health emergency in Delhi as air quality shows no sign of improvement
Source:Mint
Date:2 November 2019
Authorities declared a public health emergency on 01 November 2019 and ordered Delhi schools to announce a four-day holiday, as severe pollution levels continued to choke the National Capital Region (NCR) for the fifth day. “The air quality has further deteriorated as of last night and is now at severe+ level. We have to take this as a public health emergency as air pollution is now hazardous and will have adverse health impact on all, particularly on children," said Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) chairman Mr Bhure Lal, in a letter to chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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