The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has started sprinkling water at 13 hotspots to curb rising air pollution in the city, officials said on Monday.(ANI)
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DFS Director Atul Garg said the pollution hotspots are Narela, Bawana, Mundka, Wazirpur, Rohini, RK Puram, Okhla, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, Mayapuri and Dwarka.(HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
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Firefighters seen spraying water on roadside to settle down dust particles amid rise in Pollution levels at Moti Nagar Nagar in Delhi on Monday.(HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
"Sprinkling water in these 13 locations will help settle down dust," he said, adding that a total of 12 fire tenders were pressed into service for the purpose which already started spraying water from Sunday.(HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
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The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) worsened from 415 on Saturday to 454 on Sunday, prompting the Centre to implement all emergency measures mandated under the final Stage IV of its air pollution control plan called the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).(HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
