Despite it being a holiday Sunday, Lahore continues to lead the world in pollution, with no significant drop in the city’s air quality.

The city’s smog levels remain dangerously high, with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 409, keeping it at the top of the global pollution index...

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/10/20/lahore-tops-global-pollution-charts-smog-persists-despite-holiday/

India’s capital, Delhi, has ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice because of an air pollution crisis that has also prompted Pakistan’s Punjab province to declare a health emergency and ban construction, shut schools for another week and move universities online.

Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution in winter. It is estimated to reduce life expectancy for the capital’s residents by up to seven years...

Smog has also choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast areas of the province in a toxic haze. A senior provincial minister, Marriyum Aurangzeb, declared the health emergency at a press conference and announced measures to tackle the growing crisis.

Time off for medical staff has been cancelled, all education institutions are shut until further notice, and restaurants are to close at 4pm – takeaway is available until 8pm. Authorities are imposing a lockdown in the cities of Multan and Lahore and halting construction work in both places...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/india-smog-delhi-taj-mahal-schools-close-pollution