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: Air pollution: Delhi schools, colleges to reopen from November 29 #IndiaNEWS Schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Delhi will reopen from November 29, Environment minister Gopal Rai

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Air pollution: Delhi schools, colleges to reopen from November 29 #IndiaNEWS
Schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Delhi will reopen from November 29, Environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday, reported ANI. Rai said that the decision was taken as the air quality in the national Capital had improved.Schools and other educational institutions were closed on November 13 due to the worsening air pollution levels in the national Capital and adjoining areas. The Delhi government had then extended the closure order twice.The decision to shut schools, along with several other measures to tackle pollution, were taken as air quality in Delhi and its neighbouring cities deteriorated after Diwali on November 4, shrouding the region in a toxic smog. The air pollution in the Capital usually gets worse in October and November because of unfavourable wind speed and emission of fumes by the local traffic in the city.Stubble burning by farmers in Delhi’s neighbouring states has often been blamed for the pollution, but the Centre told the Supreme Court last week that burning of farm waste accounted for just 10% of the emissions on an average through the year.On Wednesday, Rai said that Delhi government offices will also reopen from November 29. The government had earlier asked its employees to follow work-from-home policy in view of the pollution.“We advise them to use public transport to commute,� he...Read more


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