{"id":1670,"date":"2025-11-10T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:21:49","slug":"protesters-call-for-action-as-pollution-suffocates-new-delhi-environment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"Protesters call for action as pollution suffocates New Delhi | Environment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Crop residue burning, along with emissions from vehicles, industries and construction, engulf the capital in smog.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 10 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">10 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"s5\">Crowds have demonstrated in New Delhi calling for action as the Indian capital faces another winter engulfed in smog.<\/p>\n<p>Pollution levels in New Delhi surged again on Monday morning as the city was immersed in a thick smog. The annual degradation of air quality in the capital to harmful levels has led to rare protests.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"s5\">On Sunday, demonstrators mounted a rally at the city\u2019s India Gate monument to demand action over the lethal pollution that envelops the area each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">Crowds held up banners and chanted slogans while some disrupted traffic. Police officers detained some of the protesters by putting them on buses and dispersed others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">By Monday morning, the city\u2019s air pollution index had surpassed 350, squarely landing in the range classified as \u201cvery poor\u201d by India\u2019s Central Pollution Control Board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">Anything below 100 is considered good or satisfactory, while an index of more than 400 is classified as \u201csevere\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">Some areas of the Indian capital experienced an index of more than 400 early on Monday morning as a thick blanket of smog was trapped over the city amid falling temperatures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The right to clean air is a basic human right. <\/p>\n<p>The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by our Constitution. <\/p>\n<p>Why are citizens who have been peacefully demanding clean air being treated like criminals? <\/p>\n<p>Air pollution is affecting crores of Indians, harming our children and\u2026 <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi\/status\/1987565162854027431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"s5\">India has six of the 10 most polluted cities globally and 13 of the top 20. New Delhi is the most polluted capital city in the world, according to the Switzerland-based air quality monitor IQAir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">Air quality dramatically deteriorates in the city every year as the cold season approaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">The smoke created by farmers burning crop residue in nearby states blows into the capital and is trapped by the cooler temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">As it mixes with vehicle and industrial emissions, the resulting smog causes respiratory illnesses and has become a key factor in thousands of deaths each year.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to prevent the annual envelopment have struggled to have a significant effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">The authorities have launched a tiered emergency system that restricts construction, bans diesel generators, and limits vehicle entry when pollution hits severe levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">The government has also introduced crop-burning control subsidies with limited success.<\/p>\n<p>A cloud seeding effort last month failed to trigger artificial rain and cut pollution levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">\u201cThe right to clean air is a basic human right,\u201d Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition Congress party, wrote in a post on X, criticising how the protesters were treated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\">Manjinder Singh Sirsa, environment minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, said the government \u201cwill continue every possible effort\u201d to prevent pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crop residue burning, along with emissions from vehicles, industries and construction, engulf the capital in smog. 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