Air pollution in New Delhi has been declared the worst level so far this year and has made the capital of India a ‘gas chamber’. Doctors have seen a spike in patients with respiratory related issues, according to Sachin Taparia, head of Local Circles, as the capital’s air quality index deteriorated to more than 900 – 400 above the level deemed ‘severe’, on Sunday. New Delhi has been declared a public health emergency and school’s have been forced to close. Hindu women worship the Sun god in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chatth Puja in New Delhi, India, and look on to the smoggy air which has deteriorated to an air quality index of more than 900, 400 above ‘severe’ A rickshaw driver is pictured reading a newspaper while wearing a mask to battle the heavy air quality in India’s capital. As a result of the poor conditions, New Delhi has been declared a public health emergency and school’s have been forced to close RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next More than 350 koalas are feared dead after out-of-control… Smoggier than Shanghai: Sydney is blanketed in a layer of… Smokey haze makes Sydney’s air quality…