New Delhi choked by toxic smog, official compares it ‘gas chamber’
The capital of India has been declared a health emergency due to the toxic smog choking the city, with one official describing it as a “gas chamber.”
Five million masks are being distributed at schools in New Delhi on Friday after health officials declared that the pollution had deteriorated air quality to “severe” levels.
“Delhi has turned into a gas chamber due to smoke from crop burning in neighboring states,” the city’s top elected official Arvid Kejriwal, said in a tweet. “It is very (important) that we protect ourselves from this toxic air.”
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