New Delhi Imposes Vehicle Bans, Remote Work as Toxic Smog Chokes Capital

New Delhi has activated emergency anti-pollution measures—vehicle restrictions, remote work, and construction halts—to combat a severe toxic fog episode, a recurring winter crisis. The measures are reactive and temporary, with effectiveness uncertain as regional crop burning and meteorological conditions persist. This underscores India's chronic air-quality emergency and its public-health and economic costs.

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