New Delhi closes schools, bans construction as air pollution shoots up

Teona Gherasim

(18 Nov 2024) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi, India – 18 November 2024 1. Various of vehicles on streets in New Delhi driving with headlights on as visibility is reduced due to thick smog 2. Birds sitting atop a streetlight, grey sky 3. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sanjay Goel, local resident: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 4 AND 5++ “Everyone has a sore throat, fever because of this and they should ban crop residue burning. All this is smoke, it's not fog, it’