The European Space Agency’s (ESA) satellite images, released on Friday, show alarming levels of pollution in the national capital region on November 10, when air pollution levels peaked this season. Air pollution over Delhi captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission on November 10, 2017. A second satellite image taken on the same day shows pollution from power plants was particularly severe in the belt running from north Patna in Bihar to south of Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The worst of the air pollution from power plants runs from the north of Patna in Bihar to Raipur in Chhattisgarh, show pictures captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission on November 10, 2017. On December 1, air pollution in Delhi rose and returned to levels recorded immediately after the severe smog episode in November, according to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) data.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2017 02:15 UTC