Delhi Air Pollution

Gopal Rai said, "The stubble burning in Punjab this year is halved as compared to the last year. Punjab's stubble smoke does not have as much impact on Delhi as that of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh."

Gopal Rai is not the first minister in the Delhi government to point fingers at other states rather than solving the air pollution issue in Delhi.

The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up Delhi's forest department for passing stereotypical one-line orders allowing the felling of trees

All schools in Delhi will remain shut on 3rd and 4rth November due to alarming air pollution situation.

The air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the 'very poor' category for the fifth consecutive day.

In the latest live ranking, Delhi is at the top followed by Lahore and Bishkek, and at number 4 is ranked Mumbai, other than Delhi and Mumbai, Kolkata has also made it to the top 10 ranking at number 9.

Kejriwal said that biomass burning is responsible for one-fifth of the state's pollution, which rises considerably during the cold months when security guards and drivers burn wood and other biomass, leading the city to become a gas chamber due to temperature anomaly.