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Considering restricting the use of private vehicles on alternate days. schools in the indian capital have been closed this week, and just over the border in pakistan that just topped the list of the most polluted city in the world. thick, acrid air is taking a toll on living conditions. >> reporter: smog so dense you can only see a silhouette of this building that's just a few yards away. on the streets people are wading through the thick smog. one resident says it's so bad people are covering their eyes and walking right into traffic. this is lahore, pakistan, which regularly ranks among the ...

Dramatic rescue, lifting people stranded in a swollen river after a flash flood. heavy rains have swamped the state since thursday and new delhi is still dealing with air pollution that's so bad that officials are considering restricting the use of private vehicles on alternate days. schools in the indian capital have been closed this week. and just over the border, lahore, pakistan, topped the list as the most polluted city in the world, as the thick, acrid air continues to take a toll on living conditions, the government launched a new effort to combat the problem. smog so dense, you can onl...

Have been closed this week. air quality generally plummets to the severe category in the winter, in part because of the burning of crop waste in surrounding form lands. and this is a view from lahore, pakistan. no, that's not a foggy morning, it's smog-polluted air. lahore just topped the list as the most polluted city in the world, as the thick, acrid air continues to take a toll on living conditions, the government is using a new measure to fight the problem. >> reporter: smog so dense you can only see a silhouette of this building that's just a few yards away. on the streets, people are wad...