Heavy smog has hit India's capital

Video. Watch: Thick smog chokes New Dehli

Indian authorities have shut factories and construction sites, restricted diesel-run vehicles and deployed water sprinklers to control terrible haze and smog in New Delhi.

Indian authorities have shut factories and construction sites, restricted diesel-run vehicles and deployed water sprinklers to control terrible haze and smog in New Delhi.

The air quality index exceeded 470 in the capital, which is considered "severe" and more than 10 times the global safety threshold, according to the state-run Central Pollution Control Board.

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