Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 5 30am in delhi, where millions of people are still being urged to stay indoors because of toxic smog. State governments have been accused of failing to take action to tackle the citys air pollution. The Supreme Court said authorities were only interested in gimmicks, rather than concrete measures. Our south asia correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan has more. So our pollution metre has a reading of around 300 right now. Now, that is way lower than it was in the last 24 is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly higher, way above what is considered safe. According to the world health organization. Now, as delhi continues to be in a state of Public Health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. It introduced on monday what is known as it odd even scheme, now, that means that ca is even scheme, now, that means that cars with an even lice
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 6 30am in delhi, where millions of people are still being urged to stay indoors because of toxic smog. State governments have been accused of failing to take action to tackle the citys air pollution. The Supreme Court said authorities were only interested in gimmicks, rather than concrete measures. Our south asia correspondent, Rajini Vaidyanatha has more. So our pollution meter has a reading of around 300 right now. Now, that is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly high, way above what is considered safe according to the world health organization. Now, as delhi continues to be in a state of Public Health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. It introduced on monday what is known as its odd even scheme. Now, that means that cars with an even license plate can only drive on even dates, and the same for
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