{"id":141116,"date":"2018-06-14T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-delhi-residents-choke-as-dust-blankets-capital\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:01:00","slug":"india-delhi-residents-choke-as-dust-blankets-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/india-delhi-residents-choke-as-dust-blankets-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"India Delhi residents choke as dust blankets capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A view of India Gate engulfed in haze at Rajpath, on June 13, 2018 in New Delhi, India\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/763F\/production\/_102017203_dust-delhi-13june.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      A thick blanket of dust has added to the woes of the city                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Residents of India&#039;s capital Delhi are battling high pollution levels and extreme temperatures due to an unusual dust haze covering the city.<\/p>\n<p>People have been complaining about breathing problems, with many saying the city has become unliveable.<\/p>\n<p>The state government has responded by banning all construction and deploying the fire brigade to sprinkle water across the city.<\/p>\n<p>People have been advised to stay indoors as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In this case, dust has become a carrier of toxic pollutants. Pollution levels are 8-9 times higher than normal. And when we breathe, we are taking in toxic substances, which can have serious health repercussions,&quot; Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director of the Centre For Science and Environment, told BBC Hindi. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delhi&#039;s air pollution is triggering a health crisis<\/li>\n<li>India cities dominate world air pollution list<\/li>\n<li>Can Delhi ever clean up its foul air?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delhi is already one of the most polluted cities in the world but the recent weather pattern has caused more problems for its residents. <\/p>\n<p>Many have taken to social media to share their concerns and are urging the government to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @arvindpadhee                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Air quality in Delhi is killing. Dust pollution in sweltering summer makes it worse. Right to clean air should be a part of \u2018right to life\u2019 (as enshrined in the Constitution).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arabinda K Padhee (@arvindpadhee) June 13, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @arvindpadhee<\/p>\n<p>                                           Skip Twitter post  by @CharuPragya                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Horrible weather in Delhi this morning. I have woken up breathing dust instead of air! \ud83d\ude23#DelhiWeather #ClimateChange<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charu Pragya (@CharuPragya) June 14, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @CharuPragya<\/p>\n<p>                                           Skip Twitter post  by @thisdivinelight                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>#delhi #airquality abysmal again. Way too much dust for this to be a normal, natural duststorm! The govt needs to solve for this or we just may forget what breathing without masks felt like... pic.twitter.com\/TyeaqUTO2z<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Divya (@thisdivinelight) June 13, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @thisdivinelight<\/p>\n<p>Experts say dust storms originating from the nearby desert state of Rajasthan are to blame.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This phenomenon is not uncommon in the pre-monsoon season,&quot; Dr Kuldeep Srivastava of the meteorological department told the BBC. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;But this time the haze has stayed unusually longer because of the delay in the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains.&quot; <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Delhi is already one of the most polluted cities in the world                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The air quality worsens every year in November and December as farmers in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana burn crop stubble to clear their fields.<\/p>\n<p>Pollution levels reached 30 times the World Health Organization&#039;s safe limits in some areas of Delhi last year.<\/p>\n<p>The air quality improved in the following months but has gone back to &quot;severe&quot; from &quot;moderate&quot; in June this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption A thick blanket of dust has added to the woes of the city Residents of India&#039;s capital Delhi are battling high pollution levels and extreme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}