Health Physician have advised people to stay indoors, avoid heavy exercises outdoor walks and frequently sipping warm water helps keep the respiratory system healthy during smoggy weather.

Various problems such as burning sensation in eyes, breathlessness, sinusitis, headache, respiratory infections, allergic asthma and dry itchy skin are seen during smog.

Children and elderly persons are the worst affected while use of air-conditioning and less water intake aggravate the symptoms.

Smog situation was due to pollution and a lack of rain, and also the smoke produced from vehicles, factories and burnt crops.

 Exposure to Ultra Violet radiations plays a role in the spreading of various eye infections including irritation, burning sensation, watering and redness of eyes.