For example, the most smog-plagued city in Latin America is Mexico City, which is located in a highland "bowl" that traps industrial and vehicle pollution. (nyxcrossword.com)
In view of air pollution in the National Capital, the December winter break in all schools has been rescheduled and it will be now from November 9 to November 18, a circular of the Delhi Directorate of Education stated on Wednesday. (tribuneindia.com)
The air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of the air pollution in the national capital. (tribuneindia.com)
According to data from the Decision Support System, a numerical model-based framework capable of identifying sources of particulate matter pollution in Delhi, stubble burning in neighbouring states, especially Punjab and Haryana, accounted for 37 percent of the air pollution in Delhi on Tuesday. (tribuneindia.com)
The developer of Godrej Habitat understands the significance of healthy life and pollution free environment, that's why they have designed these luxury apartments in a way that their residents would stay away from smog and pollution. (shrikrishnaassociate.com)
In the past two decades, the rapid modernization of China's economy has brought about dramatic changes in the city, and raised challenges never faced before, such as traffic, smog and pollution. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Transport is among the many largest sources of air air pollution in Delhi. (vijestilive.com)
Throughout the transport sector, there are a few methods to cut back the general contribution to air pollution - make every automobile extra environment friendly and cleaner, cut back their air pollution output, and reduce the variety of particular person automobiles working in Delhi-NCR. (vijestilive.com)
The Delhi government, however, maintained that analysis of data collected by mobile units of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee at 15 locations on Monday shows that Central Delhi and other areas not bordering NCR towns continue to show improvement in air quality. (domain-b.com)
Mandir Marg, R K Puram, Anand Vihar and IHBAS stations of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had air quality in the severe category. (domain-b.com)
Given the COVID outbreaks have tended to cluster in urban areas, especially the megacities of Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai, then it makes sense to look at the problem of air pollution and its impact on respiratory health in those areas. (leftlockdownsceptics.com)
The images in the media of people lying on trollies gasping for air outside overflowing hospitals were from New Delhi which often battles with surges in respiratory crises when pollution poses a significant danger to life. (leftlockdownsceptics.com)
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As air quality continues to remain severe in the national capital for the past week, industrialist Anand Mahindra on Wednesday suggested a unique solution to Delhi's yearly battle with toxic smog. (ndtv.com)
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the porters at Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Station and wore the red "coolie" shirt along with a badge as he carried luggage on his head. (ndtv.com)
Mayank is also a daily columnist for Hindustan Times newspaper, and the author of 'Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi's Red Light District' (published by Penguin) and the four-volume 'The Delhi Walla' guidebooks (HarperCollins). (thedelhiwalla.com)
The Delhi Walla spends his time in Delhi's most obscure streets looking for endangered chaiwallahs making tea or other cultural touchstones. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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The name is usually attributed locally to a postmaster honouring the major city of Delhi, India. (wikipedia.org)
Pilgrims will attain Amritsar railway station by bus from Attari border of India and from there by practice to Delhi the place the Urs celebrations of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya are occurring. (xcn.today)
Activists from the All India Students Association and other groups protest in Patna during a statewide strike on Jan. 28 over the ramping up of qualifications for railway jobs. (mtpr.org)
If nothing else, the British left India with a brilliant railway system that criss-crosses this enormous land and connects the large cities to these timeless villages. (lesliwoodruff.com)
The Western and Central Railways are rail lines that serve the western and central parts of India . (sygic.com)
The Fifth India-China Strategic Dialogue was held in Delhi earlier this year. (blogspot.com)
Some were to fly on October 12, on Air India AI-821 Mumbai-Delhi-Riyadh, citing Air India s likely 'Houdini act' of changing aircraft type at the last minute, with the rest deciding to keep October 16 as the main day (AI 864) and October 20 as the if-its-there-we'll-fly-it-flight (AI 864). (bizhat.com)
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PEOPLE in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday (3), and some schools were ordered to be shut for two days as the air quality index (AQI) entered the "severe" category in several parts of the Indian capital. (easterneye.biz)
The worst times are generally during the intense dry and hot season before the monsoon (now- April/May) and the stubble burning season in Haryana and the Punjab which creates a lot of smoke that settles into a thick smog that envelopes Delhi during the months of November and December. (leftlockdownsceptics.com)
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has also appealed to maintain peace in the city. (hindustaantimes.com)
Four days after its implementation, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's ambitious odd-even car scheme is still failing to show results in improving the city-state's poisonous air. (domain-b.com)
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Lack of visibility due to dense smog is said to be the cause of the accident. (chandigarhx.com)
Residents on Friday complained of irritation in the eyes and itchy throats with the air turning a dense grey as the AQI hovered around 480 in some monitoring stations in the city. (easterneye.biz)
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Punjab and neighbouring areas are struggling with the venomous smog that has literally blinded the people especially in wee hours. (chandigarhx.com)
The traditional capital of Punjab for a millennium, Lahore was the cultural centre of the northern Indian subcontinent which extends from the eastern banks of the Indus River to New Delhi. (wn.com)
Lahore is also home to many British colonial structures built in the Indo-Saracenic style, such as the Lahore High Court , the General Post Office , Lahore Museum , Lahore Railway Station, and many older universities and colleges including the University of the Punjab , Govt College and King Edward Medical University . (wn.com)
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Delhi has become world-famous for its toxic air which has led to city-wide shutdowns previously due to the high risk of developing respiratory problems outside. (leftlockdownsceptics.com)
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Vehicles ply on a road amid low visibility due to heavy smog in New Delhi on Wednesday. (tribuneindia.com)
People cross railway tracks on a smoggy morning in New Delhi on November 3, 2023. (easterneye.biz)
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The total number of industrial units in the district in 2010-11 stood at approximately 13,000 supported by the power from Kota super and Kalisindh thermal power plants, the Jawahar Sagar hydro thermal plant, the NTPC Anta gas power plant, and the Rajasthan atomic power station. (urbanemissions.info)
After a whirlwind stopover in London, I was officially en route to Delhi, which was start and end to an almost 3-week adventure in Rajasthan. (lesliwoodruff.com)
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The most recent manifestation of such disillusionment among those with degrees came on January 26, when thousands of young job seekers set fire to an empty stationary railway coach in eastern Indian city of Gaya. (mtpr.org)
In Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj city, about 200 miles northwest of the train burning, hundreds of young men stormed the railway station. (mtpr.org)
Godrej Habitat flats in Gurgaon have Huda city center and MG Road metro stations in close proximity. (shrikrishnaassociate.com)
It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
The area around Asda City includes Hamas' TV and radio station, a recreational park and agricultural land leased to local farmers. (blogspot.com)
They can simply soar upwards to easily mount the imposing dome of Jama Masjid-to take in a panoramic view of not only the Walled City but also a big portion of sprawling Delhi. (thedelhiwalla.com)
The Delhi Walla is a one-man encyclopedia of the city. (thedelhiwalla.com)
By exploring and documenting the streets, buildings, houses, cuisines, traditions and people of Delhi, his work is also an attempt to give the megalopolis an intimate voice, and to capture the passing of time in this otherwise restlessly changing city. (thedelhiwalla.com)
The Delhi Walla has the knack of bringing out the unusual from the usual, and presenting the city in a different light. (thedelhiwalla.com)
A report in the Lancet stated that in November 2019, the air in Delhi was so noxious that authorities declared a public health emergency and ordered the closure of schools in the city and surrounding suburbs for several days. (leftlockdownsceptics.com)
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About 1500 shady trees we see today along the wide roads of Lutyens's Delhi came from this nursery. (ghumakkar.com)
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West Bengal witnessed the worst form of violence against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 when protestors stormed into a railway station and set it into fire disrupting the rail traffic. (hindustaantimes.com)
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The routing will be on the pattern of Cochin-Calicut-Jeddah-Hyderabad-Mumbai and then Mumbai-Delhi-Riyadh-Mumbai. (bizhat.com)
In 1974, the Town of Delhi was amalgamated with the Township of Charlotteville and the Township of Windham to form the Township of Delhi as part of the municipal restructuring that created the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. (wikipedia.org)
A municipal truck makes use of anti-smog gun to spray water on the highway for mud suppression. (vijestilive.com)
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The Western and Central suburbs are named after the local railway lines that serve the respective areas. (sygic.com)
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The Supreme Court fumed over the worsening air quality index of Delhi and the fact that 45% of city's garbage remains unattended. (hindustaantimes.com)
A filthy smog forms over Delhi every winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from crop stubble burning in neighbouring states, causing a surge in respiratory illnesses among the city's 20 million people. (easterneye.biz)
The Delhi Walla is one of the city's best-known flâneurs. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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Fifteen people from the Delhi area who were killed in the First World War are buried in this cemetery. (wikipedia.org)
People who live in the Delhi area say that farming in the area started becoming highly unprofitable. (wikipedia.org)
Joint Commissioner of Delhi Alok Kumar said that people protesting peacefully at the Seelampur t-point suddenly started stoning. (hindustaantimes.com)
The incident resulted in injury to 21 people out of which 12 belong to Delhi Police and 3 to Rapid Action Force. (hindustaantimes.com)
Thousands of people protesting against CAB in West Bengal's Murshidabad district entered into Beldanga railway station complex and set it on fire. (hindustaantimes.com)
More than 12 million people had applied for 35,000 clerical jobs at Indian Railways - one of the world's largest employers . (mtpr.org)
People gather near a train set on fire by a mob in Gaya protesting the restrictive qualifications set for railway jobs. (mtpr.org)
Because labor laws in this country have been slowly weakened," says Reetika Khera, a development economist and associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, "people are no longer protected in their jobs in the private sector. (mtpr.org)
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169 centers have also been set up across #Delhi," it added. (ndtv.com)
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Nothing beats the romance and magic of visiting a monument in Delhi on a wintry Sunday afternoon. (ghumakkar.com)
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The minister had said that COVID-19 testing will be doubled within the next two days and tripled after six days to check coronavirus spread in Delhi. (ndtv.com)
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Home Latest News Chandigarh & Around Atleast 9 Students were Killed as Truck Rammed Over Them in Smog. (chandigarhx.com)
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Unfavourable meteorological conditions, sudden increase in the farm fire incidents and north-westerly winds moving the pollutants to Delhi are the major causes for sudden spike in AQI," the region's Commission for Air Quality Management said on Thursday (2). (easterneye.biz)
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The town also disconnected its coal power station earlier this month in preparation for a transition to renewables . (environmentmag.org)
Also, electricity was generated by many small coal-fired power stations that operated very inefficiently. (drdavidgrimes.com)
Factories were powered by coal-fired steam engines, and railway steam locomotives were powered by coal. (drdavidgrimes.com)
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The winter smogs of London reached a peak in 1952 that lead to the UK Government Clean Air Act in 1956. (drdavidgrimes.com)
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It officially closed 100 years later and now its overgrown railway tracks lead nowhere. (environmentmag.org)
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On common, a personal automotive will journey 20 to 30 km a day in Delhi as in comparison with a taxi, bus, truck or mild industrial automobile which can journey as much as a number of hundred kilometres within the metropolis. (vijestilive.com)
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In Howrah, the protestors blocked tracks at the Uluberia railway station and vandalised the complex and some trains and injured a driver. (hindustaantimes.com)
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Apparently, this is the only place in Delhi supposed to be the abode of Djinns or spirits. (ghumakkar.com)
Since 2007, Mayank Austen Soofi has been collecting hundreds of stories taking place in Delhi, through writing and photography, for his acclaimed website The Delhi Walla. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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The court had issued notices to the Delhi government, LNJP hospital and some other state governments seeking their response in the matter. (ndtv.com)
The government said that in nine locations of Central and South Delhi, the PM 2.5 levels ranged between 136 and 241 on Monday. (domain-b.com)
Levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in six locations in East and North East Delhi, bordering Uttar Pradesh were recorded on the higher side in comparison to Central and South Delhi, the government said adding that it proves that NCR towns need to take effective steps to supplement the measures. (domain-b.com)
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On this clear afternoon the Red Fort ramparts are shimmering through a mist of smog, while modern buildings of various levels of elegance fill up your visual canvas. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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In the 1960s, Delhi had its own police station, complete with its own jail. (wikipedia.org)
According to reports, there were around 1,000 protestors in the procession when it took a violent turn by burning a school bus and a police station. (hindustaantimes.com)
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The sight-seeing train ride between two spectacularly rural stations gave a panoramic view of the Araveli hills via breathtaking passes, pitch-black tunnels - the high-pitched shrill of local children's excited shrieking voices echoing in the dark will stay with me each time I ride a train through a tunnel - and sweeping views of the countryside, its desert-scruff meeting the smoky haze of the pale blue sky. (lesliwoodruff.com)
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One of the Communities in Norfolk County, Ontario, Delhi, had a population of 4,240 at the time of the 2016 Census. (wikipedia.org)
New Delhi topped a real-time list on Friday of the world's most polluted cities compiled by Swiss group IQAir which put the India's capital's AQI at 611 in the 'hazardous' category. (easterneye.biz)
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It is believed that the Djinns love Delhi so much that they cannot bear to see it deserted. (ghumakkar.com)
Thanks a lot Mayan not only for this post but for all the previous ones, sharing with us your love for Delhi. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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The pilgrims will journey to New Delhi by way of Wagah border on October 31. (xcn.today)
At the top you discover a 360 degree view of Old Delhi and beyond in all its splendour and ugliness. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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Project located in the most densely populated heart of Gurgaon on main Railway Road, Sector 3, Ashok Vihar, Gurgaon. (shrikrishnaassociate.com)
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According to Xinhua, Guo "inspected police stations to check on the work of police patrols, how criminal and non-criminal reports were resolved, fire fighting and public service. (blogspot.com)
The New Yorker - "All of his (The Delhi Walla's) work together may add up to one of the most eccentric and encyclopedic ground-level portraits of a megacity in the Internet age. (thedelhiwalla.com)
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The St. Thomas and Eastern Railway started operations in the area on November 9, 1998. (wikipedia.org)
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Besides the containment zones, the testing facility will be made available in each polling station. (ndtv.com)
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At the foot is an amphitheatre where the Light and Sound show about Seven Cities of Delhi is played out in the evenings. (ghumakkar.com)
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Jonathan has already done a story about the urban cowboys of New Delhi who lasso the animals and take them to volunteer vets for operations. (heybrian.com)
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High-level expert committee's report on #COVID19 testing rates received by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been further sent to Delhi Govt for necessary action. (ndtv.com)