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Correspondent's call: pollution in India

The Delhi government today rolled out a 12-day scheme to curb rising air pollution in India’s capital. The plan will limit motorists to alternate days but public transport in exempt. Road-rationing kicked in as city authorities sounded a public health emergency and warned the conditions will last through the week or may even worsen. A report by RFI's New Delhi corresppondent Pratap Chakravarty.

Issued on: 04/11/2019 - 17:44

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2019-11-04 Correspondent's call, Pratap Chakravarty: pollution in India

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