The wind is expected to blow at 18 kilometres per hour with humidity oscillating between 30% to 40% throughout the day
Neighbouring Ghaziabad and Greater Noida recorded 'very poor' air quality
About 77% of India's population was found to be exposed to ambient air pollution levels above the national safe limit
NGT also directed the West Bengal chief secretary to file an affidavit by January 8, 2019 regarding the follow-up action plan and payment of fine
If the country doesn't pull up its socks now, deaths due to pollution could touch 3.6 mn a year by 2050 -- and the poor will be the biggest sufferers
Govt has also asked them to ensure strict compliance to other Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) guidelines
The report also found that 76,000 early deaths were linked to nitrogen dioxide and some 16,400 to ground-level ozone in EU countries in the same year
Airlines caught off guard due to untimely low visibility conditions in first week of November