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Tehran
declares holiday for pollution
Tuesday November 23, 2010 05:50:00 PM,
IANS
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Tehran:
Tehran will observe a public holiday Wednesday due to "alarming"
rise of air pollution in the city, the official media reports.
The Tehran City Air Pollution Committee announced that offices,
banks and schools will remain closed Wednesday, the state-run IRNA
news agency reported.
The decision was taken Monday at an emergency meeting of the
committee headed by Governor Morteza Tamaddon.
The committee took note of a report by the State
Aero-Meteorological Organization before arriving at the decision.
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