A study published in the Lancet last month said the environmental contamination is now responsible for one in six deaths worldwide.
Often after rice and wheat stalks are chopped down in the fall, farmers will set their fields ablaze. The slash and burn technique helps planters clear their fields quickly and gets the soil ready for fresh plantings.
The haze is also wafting over Pakistan where Reuters reports road accidents are up and 15,000 people have been hospitalized. Authorities are planning to use fire trucks to spray down parts of the Indian capital, which they hope will help clear the air.
One writer at Quartz India even went so far as to say the smog now "heralds the winter" in his home country.
Just breathing the air is about as bad as smoking 44 cigarettes a day right now, CNN reports.
For comparison, the air in Shanghai is registering around 40 on the World Air Quality Index, and in New York City on Friday night it was 33, according to EPA measurements.
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