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排燈節前夕德里成全球污染最嚴重主要城市，瑞士機構稱
班加羅爾，11月7日（路透）——瑞士機構IQAir的即時排名顯示，德里週六上午是全球污染最嚴重的主要城市；印度首都在印度教燈節排燈節前一天，面臨嚴重污染預報。BENGALURU, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Delhi was the world's most polluted major city on Saturday morning, according to Swiss group IQAir's live ranking, as the Indian capital faced severe pollution forecasts a day before Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
• 印度已下令德里及周邊地區學校提供線上課程，並鼓勵民眾在週日排燈節前居家辦公。排燈節通常會大量施放爆竹，使空氣品質進一步惡化。• India has ordered schools in and around Delhi to offer online classes, and encouraged people to work from home ahead of Diwali on Sunday, which is usually marked by the widespread use of firecrackers that further worsen the air quality.
• IQAir在上午10時35分（格林威治時間0505）將德里列為全球主要城市之首，美國空氣品質指數讀數為581，是鄰國巴基斯坦拉合爾285的兩倍。• IQAir ranked Delhi first among the world's major cities at 10:35 a.m. (0505 GMT), with a US air quality index reading of 581, double that of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan, at 285.
• IQAir的讀數以空氣污染物濃度為基礎，不能與印度官方指數直接比較，因為印度官方指數採用不同量尺和方法。• IQAir's reading, based on concentrations of air pollutants, is not directly comparable to India's official index, which uses a different scale and methodology.
• 印度中央污染控制委員會公布，上午10時德里的空氣品質指數為363，屬於「非常差」等級。• India's Central Pollution Control Board put Delhi's air quality index at 363 at 10 a.m., in the "very poor" category.
• 當地媒體引述官方數據報導，德里週五的空氣品質是8年來排燈節前最糟。• Friday's air quality in Delhi was the worst pre-Diwali air in eight years, local media said, citing official data.
• 入冬後，寒冷而沉重的空氣困住車輛排放、建築揚塵及焚燒農作廢棄物產生的煙霧，使污染成為印度北部多地每年都會出現的問題。• Pollution is an annual problem in many parts of northern India from the onset of winter as cold, heavy air traps vehicle emissions, construction dust and smoke from crop-waste burning.
（Munsif Vengattil班加羅爾報導；William Mallard編輯）(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)