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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

New Delhi shuts all primary schools as severe smog grounds flights and obscures Taj Mahal

All primary schools have been closed in New Delhi as worsening air pollution in northern India has disrupted flights and obscured the nearby Taj Mahal.

Air quality in northern India has deteriorated over the past week, with New Delhi rolling out measures on Friday that included banning non-essential building work and spraying water over roads.

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