NEW DELHI: As air quality deteriorated to 'severe plus' across Delhi-NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday directed Delhi and NCR state governments to ensure the immediate suspension of all outdoor physical sports activities, warning that their continuation poses a "serious health risk to children. " In a letter to the chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the Commission said it was concerned that "some schools and institutions in Delhi-NCR were still holding outdoor sports activities" despite earlier directions issued in line with a Supreme Court order dated November 19. It said allowing outdoor physical activities during periods of adverse air quality is "contrary to the spirit and intent of the apex court's observations

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