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As Delhi endures its annual smog crisis, Ixigo CEO Aloke Bajpai launched a fiery rebuke at the citys residents for their indifference to the health emergency..
At 500+ AQI, my kids seemed like the only ones wearing masks to school, he wrote, and a parent asked me, Everything OK with your son?.
With the Air Quality Index (AQI) skyrocketing above 400, reaching the severe category, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) activated Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)...
Bajpais frustration with Delhis casual attitude echoes the concerns of many who fear that complacency could turn this annual air quality issue into an escalating health crisis..
Measures: Prohibition of all construction and demolition activities, including public infrastructure projects. Truck entry restrictions into Delhi, with potential school closures..
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