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Timeline of pollution in Delhi

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| 2011 || September || {{w|Air pollution}} || The {{w|World Health Organization}} releases data about urban air. This reveals that Delhi has crossed the maximum PM10 limit by almost 10-times at 198 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter). Emission from vehicle and industrial activities are found to be linked with outdoor as well as indoor air pollution in Delhi.<ref name="Pollution in Delhi : A Chronic Problem">{{cite web |title=Pollution in Delhi : A Chronic Problem |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/pollution-in-delhi-a-chronic-problem-1510211965-1 |website=jagranjosh.com |accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || || Policy || Delhi completely bans all plastic.<ref name="Urban Environmental Governance"/>|-| 2013 || January || Policy || The High Court of Delhi directs the civic authorities of Delhi to shift the biomedical waste incinerator from the residential area in the city to outside.<ref name="Urban Environmental Governance"/>
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| 2013 || April || {{w|Air pollution}} || Research paper by The Centre for Development Economics at Delhi School of Economics indicates that {{w|Delhi Metro}} helps reduce vehicular {{w|air pollution}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Delhi Metro helps reduce vehicular air pollution, indicates research |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/delhi-metro-helps-reduce-vehicular-air-pollution-delhi-school-of-economics-160315-2013-04-28 |website=indiatoday.in |accessdate=9 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || May || Statistics || The World Health Organization announces {{w|New Delhi}} as the most polluted city in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://qz.com/281251/here-is-why-india-has-no-clue-how-bad-its-air-pollution-problem-is/|title = Here is why India has no clue how bad its air pollution problem is|last = Madhok|first = Madhok|date = 16 October 2014|work = |access-date = 8 May 2019|via = |publisher = Quartz India}}</ref>
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| 2014 || December || {{w|Air pollution}} || The {{w|Centre for Science and Environment}} classifies the air in Delhi as “severely polluted” for over 65 per cent days.<ref name="Delhi loses 80 lives to air pollution every day, says study"/>
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