We Are All Waiting For A 'New' Delhi, Need To Make This Pollution Capital Breathable And Liveable

A mix of factors such as vehicular and industrial emissions, dust and weather patterns make Delhi the most polluted capital in the world. ( Image Source :PTI )

For the last few days, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been above 350, which falls in the category of ‘very poor’, and the coming days are going to be worse in terms of environment when the AQI will go above 450. Schools have been closed. And the Supreme Court has asked the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi to file affidavits explaining what steps they have taken to control air pollution and ban crop burning.