Overview
- Twenty-two people, including fifteen children, were taken to SK Hospital in Sikar with breathlessness, dizziness and unease.
- Doctors reported all patients were stable, and a hospital physician said children first noticed smoke before developing breathing problems.
- Sikar’s Additional District Magistrate said an investigation is underway and the Pollution Control Board has been deployed.
- Police gave a preliminary assessment that burning clothes in a nearby furnace caused the exposure, though an official confirmation is pending.
- Residents near Lal Bahadur School and the industrial zone have complained of persistent emissions in recent weeks, and the CPCB recorded the city’s AQI at 172 in the moderate range.