Delhi Air Pollution Live: Besides climate change, air pollution is currently the second biggest environmental threat to human health. And with pollution levels worsening in the national capital and neighboring regions, residents of Delhi have started complaining of several health problems such as shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, asthma symptoms, runny nose, throat, itching and watery eyes. As the city wakes up to a thick blanket of hazardous smog every morning since Diwali, Delhi’s hospitals are also witnessing an increase in the number of patients coming to OPDs with health problems. And it is the elders and children, whose immunity is low, who have complained of breathing problems. Dangerous levels of air pollution in late October triggered a series of official measures such as closing down construction and smoke-emitting factories across Delhi.Also Read – Delhi government appeals to people to WFH, use car pool, report construction work amid alarming AQI
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