A thick layer of smog has enveloped the locality close to which a mountain of waste keeps catching fire due to methane emissions. The smoke has left many people with lung disorders and caused other health problems.

The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which had approached the Supreme Court, told the bench headed by chief justice T.S. Thakur that it had handed over a list of checks to various municipal agencies of Delhi to ensure that air pollution was being monitored.

Delhi's Air Quality The worst In 7 Years

Pollution in Delhi - NCR after the Diwali festival. Time 28:20

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Delhi is a virtual gas chamber. It is shrouded with smog so thick and the air so poisonous that you can smell it and feel it entering your lungs. This has been the most toxic Diwali Delhi has seen in years with pollution levels upto 30 to 40 times the safe limit as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Delhi government has been asked to issue health alerts and convey that children should stay indoors. For the first time, a school in the capital has announced that it will close down for a few days. But what is the Delhi government doing? Is it doing enough?

Reports on the dangerous level of air pollution in Delhi after Diwali. Watch this special segment and get to know more here.

Debate On A Gas Chamber Called Delhi

On pollution due to fire cracker on Delhi

With pollution levels crossing the dangerous mark in the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today called a high-level meeting will all departments concerned to discuss steps to combat it on a ‘war footing’. The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat where all ministers and officials concerned will discuss a plan to bring down rising air pollution.

Delhi: The Delhi Government's anti-firecracker campaign went up in smoke on Diwali night. With just a slight dip in fireworks but more adverse weather than last year, Diwali celebrations exposed Delhiites to alarmingly high pollution levels.