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India’s Capital Sets Plan to Clean Dirty Air Ahead of Winter

  • Each year the city plans similar pollution cutting measures
  • Measures come ahead of India’s upcoming G-20 presidency

Air pollution in New Delhi.

Photographer: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

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India’s capital Delhi announced a string of measures to cut smog and dust to clean up some of the world’s dirtiest air ahead of the winter season.

The city state is working to eliminate the burning of farm stubble -- one of the biggest contributors to air pollution -- across 5,000 acres of farmland surrounding it, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a statement posted on YouTube on Friday.