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Delhi smog: How India is tackling air pollution

Duration: 16 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service News InternetLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

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Delhi is often described as the most polluted city in the world. Right now the air quality is so bad the government has ordered all primary schools to shut until 10th November.

We want to focus on what’s being done to improve things. Kamala Thiagarajan, a climate and science reporter from India, explains. We also hear about what’s working to improve air quality in Accra, Ghana.

And the BBC’s Divya Arya tells us how women who were attacked in Manipur are coping six months on.

Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk
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Presenters: Hannah Gelbart with Daniel Dadzie
Producers: William Lee Adams and Mora Morrison
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks Show less

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