A particularly cold, dry and smoggy winter has left Punjab with an estimated 8000 pneumonia cases and around 300 deaths in the month of January alone, with children and others with weak immunity.
Authorities have closed all schools and educational institutions, asked people to work from home, restricted the movement of trucks and halted all building activity
It is a myth that the Delhi-NCR pollution is a winter crisis. Various studies and the raw data of the Central Pollution Board are eye-openers. Pollution is a yearlong problem, and residents of Delhi-NCR hardly experience “good” or “satisfactory” air day
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