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Why has extreme particulate pollution remained a festering issue in Delhi NCR region ?

  • UPSC 2022
  • Contemporary Issues

The World Bank identified six South Asian airsheds in 2022, placing Delhi in a West and Central Indo-Gangetic airshed spanning Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh — and about 30 per cent of Indian Punjab's load originates in Pakistani Punjab.

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