STORY: India bans sports activities occasions in New Delhi because of air pollutionSHOOTING TIME: Nov. 4, 2023DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2023LENGTH: 00:01:30LOCATION: New DelhiCATEGORY: ENVIRONMENTSHOTLIST:1. varied of India gate2. varied of New Delhi3. varied of stubble burning4. varied of trafficSTORYLINE:Local authorities in India’s Delhi has banned all zonal sports activities tournaments and occasions because the Air Quality Index (AQI) reached the extreme plus class stage.   According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), an institute monitoring air air pollution, the general AQI of Delhi was recorded at 504 on Friday, which fell into the “severe plus” class, the very best alert stage of air high quality.   The outstanding pollution are PM 2.5 and PM 10.   In its advisory, SAFAR has urged everybody to keep away from all bodily exercise outdoor, put on anti-pollution masks, keep away from burning wooden, candles or incense, and clear rooms to scale back mud.   On Thursday, the federal government invoked Stage III of the air pollution management plan, deploying anti-smog weapons and relaunching the “Red light on, Gaadi (vehicle) off” marketing campaign to comprise air air pollution. GRAP-III requires a halt on non-essential development work, stone crushing and mining in Delhi-National Capital Region.   Delhi figures in essentially the most polluted cities of the world.   Industrial actions and vehicular site visitors are important contributors to air air pollution within the metropolis, together with rampant development. For the previous a few years, the air high quality in Delhi has turn out to be hazardous forward of winter.   Officials in Delhi blame the stubble burning in neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana for the rising air pollution.Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi.(XHTV)