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Smog returns to Indian capital as agriculture fires start

by Sheikh Saaliq
| October 16, 2020 12:06 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital’s air quality levels plunged to “very poor” on Friday and a smoggy haze settled over the city, days after the state government initiated stricter measures to fight chronic air pollution.

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