Delhi is currently reeling under severe air pollution with experts issuing warnings over health implications of the toxic air.
As Delhi grapples with severe air pollution and hazardous Air Quality Index (AQI), the Supreme Court requested the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider issuing directions to the schools in the Delhi-National Capital Region to defer sports activities and competitions scheduled in November-December to later months when the air quality in the national capital improves.
Advocate Aparajita Singh raised the matter and informed the bench that several schools in the Delhi-NCR are scheduled to hold sports meet in November at a time when air quality is at its worst, Livelaw reported.
"Children are most vulnerable, holding sports now is like putting

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