Schools in Noida, Greater Noida shut till Nov 5 due to rising pollution

All schools in Noida and Greater Noida have been closed until Tuesday due to the increase in toxic pollution, ANI reported on Sunday. Flights were also delayed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from 9 am onwards. Up to 32 flights were diverted, ANI reported. Twelve flights were diverted to Jaipur, Amritsar and Lucknow.

Pollution levels spiked further on Sunday morning, with 10 air monitoring stations in the Capital recording “severe plus emergency” category. The overall air quality index in Delhi was “severe”.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Sunday to say that pollution had reached “unbearable levels” and Delhiites were suffering “for no fault of theirs”. He asked the Centre to take immediate steps and added that he would support the central government in all their initiatives.