{"id":1083594,"date":"2021-12-04T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083594"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:44:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:44:02","slug":"air-pollution-forces-indian-capital-to-shut-schools-for-second-time-in-three-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-pollution-forces-indian-capital-to-shut-schools-for-second-time-in-three-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Pollution Forces Indian Capital to Shut Schools for Second Time in Three Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fair-pollution-forces-indian-capital-to-shut-schools-for-second-time-in-three-weeks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The government of India\u2019s national capital territory, Delhi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/delhi-schools-closed-from-tomorrow-till-further-orders-over-pollution-news-agency-ani-quoting-environment-minister-gopal-rai-2633866\">ordered<\/a> all schools and colleges in the city to close on Friday until further notice citing air pollution marking the second such mandate in less than three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had reopened schools considering the forecast that air quality would improve. However, the air pollution levels have increased again and we have decided to shut schools from Friday [December 3] till further orders,\u201d Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai told reporters on December 2.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s government last ordered schools in the capital to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/16\/air-pollution-forces-delhi-india-shut-schools-one-week\/\">shut down<\/a> for one week on November 15 in an effort to prevent children from exposure to the urban center\u2019s then \u201cdangerously high\u201d levels of air pollution. Delhi officials later extended the in-person class suspension to two weeks after air conditions in the capital failed to improve. The city\u2019s government chose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/education\/delhi-schools-colleges-reopen-on-november-29\">reopen<\/a> schools on November 29 after atmospheric pollution in Delhi improved slightly from mid-November, though municipal officials acknowledged at the time that Delhi\u2019s air quality was still \u201cvery poor.\u201d Delhi\u2019s schools closed again on December 3 after just four days in session.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19002098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236881835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19002098 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236881835-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Students stand in a queue to enter their school in New Delhi on November 29, 2021, as educational institutions were reopened after the air quality levels in the city showed improvement. (Photo by Money SHARMA \/ AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Students stand in a queue to enter their school in New Delhi on November 29, 2021, as educational institutions were reopened after the air quality levels in the city showed improvement. (Photo by MONEY SHARMA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s government seemingly made a last-minute decision to shutter its schools on December 3 in response to an admonishment it received from India\u2019s&nbsp;Supreme Court on December 2 over its handling of the capital\u2019s ongoing air pollution crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Thursday, the Supreme Court, which is hearing a public petition over the government\u2019s inability to cut air pollution, expressed its dismay over the government\u2019s decision to reopen schools and colleges,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/new-delhi-shuts-schools-colleges-again-due-air-pollution-2021-12-02\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s apex court on December 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/supreme-court-clarifies-it-never-asked-delhi-government-to-shut-schools-101638508323398.html\">questioned<\/a> why Delhi\u2019s government \u201callowed the office-going population to work from home while it resumed physical classes for school children, exposing them to the threats of hazardous pollution,\u201d according to the <em>Hindustan Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Delhi government informed the court on Thursday that coming to school is voluntary and online classes are also going on, the court observed that if there is an option, people will send their kids to schools,\u201d the newspaper noted.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing bans on&nbsp;construction and \u201cthe entry of diesel trucks with non-essential goods\u201d in the capital will remain in place indefinitely as part of its efforts to curb air pollution levels in the metropolis,&nbsp;Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai told reporters on December 2. Rai also urged Delhi residents on Thursday to use public transport to reduce the number of vehicles on the city\u2019s congested roads. He said Delhi\u2019s government recently contracted an extra 700 natural gas-fueled buses to accommodate more public transport passengers. The capital\u2019s government will additionally \u201cintensify various dust-control steps such as using fire trucks to spray water,\u201d Rai told reporters on December 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of India\u2019s national capital territory, Delhi, ordered all schools and colleges in the city to close on Friday until further notice citing air pollution marking the second such &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}