BDC-News Desk 11/9/2017
by Archana Yadav

Delhi: Delhi woke up with a smoggy morning now, a thick layer of smog surrounds the whole city, 18 cars collide on Yamuna highway due to Delhi-NCR’s dangerous smog due to low visibility.

The smog on Wednesday caused a pile-up on the Yamuna Expressway when speeding cars rammed into each other. And the reason was smog and low visibility. Someone recorded the whole accident on his mobile, which shows that the Speeding cars rammed into one another, while people on the footpath were shouting and requesting the drivers to slow down and get out of the cars.
 People witnessing this whole accident were shouting. They helped passengers in getting out of the car immediately as more cars were speeding towards the site and the chances of collision were high. Vehicles were colliding and getting rammed on each other.
No major casualties have been reported on Wednesday.
The shocking video shows cars ramming into each other one after the other while the crowd that had gathered around kept shouting for people coming from behind to stop.
This is one incident that is reported on 8 Nov. 17, Wednesday. But many accidents are taking place day by day due to smog and low visibility in Delhi or near delhi. It is all because of heavy pollution. Many people are opting traveling by metro instead of cars, people who took their cars are also careful while driving. At 7 AM, drivers were seen driving with fog lights on.
People in Delhi are facing many health problems and the most common one is difficulty in breathing. And it’s more severe for people who crossed 50 or babies below 2 year.
In Delhi,  Air quality levels in areas like Lodhi Road continue to be in the ‘severe’ category, with high levels of pollutants PM10 and PM2.5 in the air. Everyone is complaining about itching in throat and eyes because of the pollution levels in the city.  People going on morning walks noticed black particles while cleaning throats by gargling.
Reports of Central Pollution Control Board speaks that Muradabad (Uttar Pradesh) has been reported most polluted Air all over country on Tuesday,7 Nov.17.
Standards of Air Quality 
                                                       AQI
  ______ good                         0-50
 ______ Satisfactory           51-100
  ______ Average                   101-200
  ______ Bad                            201-300
  ______ Very Bad                 301-400
  ______ Serious                     401-450
  ______ Dangerous              450-500
 
Air quality in Delhi is severe . Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia said that he has passed this order as the air quality in Delhi is worsening.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described Delhi as a gas chamber. He reviewed the situation with health and environment officials.
 
Ready to re-launch off-even scheme:

 In view of the heavy pollution, the Delhi government said that it is ready to relaunch its odd-even transport scheme and also restrict trucks from entering the city.

The government has also issued a health advisory for residents of the city, especially children, the elderly and those suffering from asthma and heart ailments. ”
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter said that he is going to write letters to the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana and request a meeting to find solution to crop burning.
District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari announced that all construction activities in the region would reamin suspended for atleast a week.