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NCR Pollution Is Chronic

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday alleged the AAP government's "criminal failure" to provide alternatives to farmers in Punjab has "turned Delhi into a gas chamber". "This country is yet to see a bigger liar than Arvind Kejriwal. 93 percent of farm fire events this year have

He said the Centre has given Rs 1,426.41 crore to Punjab for procurement of machines to manage crop residue and that AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann should answer how they spent the money.

Delhi may get brief respite from severe air pollution on November 11 due to change in wind direction from northwest to southeast due to western disturbance. The  India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said a change in wind direction from northwest to southeast due to a fresh western

Earlier in the day, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said polluted air is not restricted by borders. He claimed that people in his state as well as in Delhi were suffering with Punjab reporting several cases of crop-residue burning. Khattar, however, stressed there should not be politics over the issue and that it is the collective responsibility of everyone to keep the environment clean.