With the air quality in Delhi getting worse, the CISF ordered on Tuesday issuance of over 9,000 face masks for its personnel deployed to guard the IGI Airport, the Delhi Metro and other government ministries and installations here. A blanket of thick haze enveloped Delhi Tuesday morning, as pollution levels breached the permissible standards by multiple times. The rapid fall in air quality and visibility began last evening itself as moisture combined with pollutants shrouded the city in a thick cover of haze. By 10 am on Tuesday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded ‘severe’ air quality, meaning the intensity of pollution was extreme. The force had undertaken a similar measure last year too in November when a toxic smog engulfed Delhi.

Source: Hindustan Times November 07, 2017 08:48 UTC