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New Delhi, Sep 23: Doctors and environment experts believe that extreme levels of air pollution in the national capital during the winter is likely to aggravate the COVID-19 situation in the city and pose a serious challenge to the government.
Every winter, Delhi’s air quality dips to a dangerous low due to many reasons, including the city’s geographic location, unfavourable weather, stubble burning and local sources of pollution.
A Supreme Court-mandated pollution control body had in November last year declared a public health emergency and ordered the closure of schools,…