The Indian capital, New Delhi, experienced its first peak in air pollution of the “season” on Wednesday, November 13. The concentration of PM2.5 microparticles, the most dangerous because they diffuse directly into the blood, has reached up to 50 times the threshold considered tolerable by the World Health Organization.
During this period, the daily smoke produced by industries and vehicles is added to that of agricultural burning to create a cloud that the colder temperatures and weaker winds put pressure on the city and its 30 million inhabitants. A study, published in 2021 in the lancetassessed the astronomical health cost of air pollution in India: 1.67 million lives lost in 2019.
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