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Not Diwali or Stubble, This is the Real Cause of Delhi Pollution

It’s not stubble burning, Diwali fireworks or vehicles alone causing pollution, it’s a combination of many factors

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Why has Delhi turned into a gas chamber? We are not talking about the abstract, conceptual why, but rather literally. Why has Delhi turned into a cocktail of poisonous fumes that threatens to kill people with every breath they take?

Is Delhi’s air pollution, which crossed ten times the safe limit over the past two weeks, caused by industrial emissions, stubble burning, fireworks, vehicular emissions or something more sinister?
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