Low visibility at India Gate, in Delhi

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October is nearly here and it's crop burning season again with haze descending over Delhi city and the rest of north India! Tourists, walkers and joggers turn up around India Gate, along with vendors of various ilks, in this Corona era in India. Masks are often rare, despite all government rules! After the Diwali 2019, the air quality of Delhi and NCR region dropped to Hazardous level in several localities. Over the years, the pollution level in the city of Delhi has gone bad to worse. In fact, as per a study carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) among 1600 cities, Delhi is the worst of any major cities in the world in terms of air pollution. The air quality in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) is one of the worst in the world, as per a WHO survey of 1600 world cities. T