Is Delhi's Polluted Air Causing Smog In Chennai?

Met Dept. says haze is a local phenomenon; bloggers disagree

Chennai experienced haze and smog in many parts till late in the afternoon on Monday, causing concern among residents.

As the debate about whether it was caused by pollution moving in from north India raged on social media, officials flat out dismissed the possibility but some of the city’s popular weather bloggers said it could not be ruled out. For most of the day, social media was abuzz with messages on polluted air from north India being pushed south. The Meteorological Department said the haze over the city was due to local pollution and had no connection with the pollution in Delhi.

N. Puviarasan, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Chennai, said polluted air travelling for such a long distance was not possible. Surface-level air could not travel such distances, he said, adding that it was purely a local phenomenon in Chennai as interior parts of the State had not experienced such haze.

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