{"id":2526,"date":"2025-10-21T09:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:11:46","slug":"deadly-smog-blankets-new-delhi-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/deadly-smog-blankets-new-delhi-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Smog Blankets New Delhi, India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On October 20 local time, PM2.5 concentrations in India&#8217;s capital New Delhi and surrounding areas surged to 248 micrograms per cubic meter\u2014exceeding the World Health Organization&#8217;s safety threshold by over 16 times\u2014with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d level. This pollution resulted from a combination of winter temperature inversions, stubble burning in Punjab (contributing 35% of pollution), and Diwali fireworks. The Delhi government activated tiered response measures, including preparations for artificial rainfall and restrictions on diesel generators. However, implementation effectiveness was limited by insufficient cross-regional coordination and the difficulty of changing traditional customs. Hospitals saw a surge in respiratory disease admissions, with UNICEF warning that children exposed to prolonged pollution face heightened health risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20 local time, PM2.5 concentrations in India&#8217;s capital New Delhi and surrounding areas surged to 248 micrograms per cubic meter\u2014exceeding the World Health Organization&#8217;s safety threshold by over 16 times\u2014with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d level. This pollution resulted from a combination of winter temperature inversions, stubble burning in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"views":110,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenearth.icu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}