Smog Blankets Upper Indus-Ganga Plain

2nd Nov 2017
Heavy traffic also among contributing factors to the pollution

Smog covers the Upper Ganga Plain in India and Pakistan and settles in the valleys of the western Himalaya Mountains in this Suomi NPP VIIRS image from November 1, 2017. Cities of this region like Delhi are experiencing spikes in pollution levels and very poor air quality. Local news sources report heavy traffic, waste burning and crop fires to be contributing factors to the pollution. (Detail and Image Source:NOAA)