{"id":316262,"date":"2019-11-01T09:11:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T09:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316262"},"modified":"2019-11-01T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T09:11:50","slug":"public-health-emergency-declared-in-delhi-ncr-construction-banned-till-november-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/public-health-emergency-declared-in-delhi-ncr-construction-banned-till-november-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Public health emergency declared in Delhi-NCR, construction banned till November 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305301 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution.jpg 555w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-500x420.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>As air quality in Delhi NCR has entered \u2018the &#8220;severe plus&#8221; category, a Supreme Court-mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the national capital and nearby areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has prohibited construction activity till November 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The pollution authority has also banned the bursting of crackers for the entire winter period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is a public health emergency as air pollution is hazardous and will have adverse health impacts on all, predominantly the children, the authority said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the city as a &#8216;gas chamber&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The chief minister today distributed masks to schoolchildren as part of the government\u2019s initiative to protect them from pollution and also explained children about stubble-burning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also blamed the state governments of Haryana and Punjab \u2013 for forcing farmers to burn stubble that he said had led to the problem in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kejriwal said, \u201cKhattar and Captain governments are forcing their farmers to burn stubble, due to which there is heavy pollution in Delhi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As air quality in Delhi NCR has entered \u2018the &#8220;severe plus&#8221; category, a Supreme Court-mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the national capital and nearby areas. Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has prohibited construction activity till November 5. 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