Smog Subject: Environment Context:  Increasing smog in Delhi The word smog is derived from smoke and fog. This is the most common example of air pollution that occurs in many cities throughout the world. There are two types of smog: (a) Classical smog occurs in cool humid climate. It is a mixture of […]

Subject : Environment Context : SC asks Centre to ensure Delhi – NCR is smog free. Concept : Smog = smoke + fog (smoky fog) caused by the burning of large amounts of coal, vehicular emission and industrial fumes (Primary pollutants). Smog contains soot particulates like smoke, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and other components. At […]