India pollution

The New Delhi government has ordered the closing of all schools for a week and construction sites for four days beginning Monday.

What looks like an eminently sensible decision, given the extremely polluting effects of fireworks, has become a politically contentious issue.

Air pollution in parts of New Delhi has climbed to levels around nine times what the World Health Organization considers safe.

The Yamuna River is more raw sewage than freshwater these days, and that's taking a heavy toll on local people.

India's top court threatens to “shut down” India's most iconic monument unless action is taken to restore it.

Mahul was supposed to be an escape from the slums. Then the sicknesses started.

Outrage over the ban on firecrackers should be directed at the destruction of South Asia's natural heritage.

Pollution is threatening the world's holiest Sikh shrine.

Unprecedented pollution in the capital speaks to the severity of India’s air pollution crisis. 

How pollution and bureaucratic incompetence threaten to destroy India's greatest monument.

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