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Monday, Jun 9, 2025
Primary schools shut, secondary schools can take classes online, says Delhi Education Minister Atishi.
A dense and pungent haze with a concentration of PM2.5 blanketed the skyline of Delhi-NCR on Thursday.
The ban has pushed about half the 1,695 units in a cluster of small industries around one of the world's most polluted capitals to use biomass.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 is dense, 201 and 500 moderate, and 501 and 1,000 shallow.
The national capital's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 331 at 9 am, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 303 on Thursday morning, while the PM 10 level was 195 or "moderate".
Amid increasing pollution levels in Delhi, all primary schools in the national capital will be closed from Saturday onwards until the air quality improves, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.
The city of about 20 million turns nearly unbreathable every winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from the burning of crop residues in the neighbouring states.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the capital witnessed a clear morning on Friday with the minimum temperature settling a notch below normal at 14.6 degrees Celsius.
The smog-filled air, which usually covers Indian cities during the winter months, contains dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter.
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