Kids Made To Run Even As AQI Turn Hazardous

BJP, AAP fight it out over Capital’s pollution crisis

- Isha Gupta And Prashasti Shandilya

The air quality in the national capital slipped on Thursday into the ‘severe’ category with the AQI being recorded at 463 even as the Delhi government’s odd-even scheme is set to end on Friday.

Despite implementation of the odd-even scheme by the Kejriwal government on November 4, the city continues to choke under a thick layer of toxic smog.

On Thursday, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the scheme may be extended further if required. However, even after two weeks of its reintroduction, pollution levels have failed to reduce.

The Supreme Court-mandated anti-pollution authority EPCA on Wednesday ordered schools in DelhiNCR to be closed for the next two days. EPCA also extended the ban on hot-mix plants and stone-crushers in Delhi-NCR till November 15.