In view of the alarming levels of air pollution in Delhi, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia requesting to cancel the upcoming Airtel Delhi Half Marathon scheduled for November 19. The letter comes at a time when the national capital is facing high level of air pollution. Air pollution is responsible for around 10,000 to 30,000 deaths in the national capital every year, the CSE had said in a report last year. This is also the time when the proposed Half Marathon is scheduled to start. The hazardous pollution levels may have disastrous health consequences, even for the healthy participants," wrote Dr KK Aggarwal, IMA President in the letter.

Source: dna November 07, 2017 04:52 UTC