World Environment Day 2019: 70 lakh people died due to air pollution in last one year

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June. It is an initiative that the United Nations launched in an attempt to effectively combat problems of environmental degradation.
Earlier this year, global reports on air pollution revealed that over 1.2 million people died in India due to air pollution in 2017.
According to a report by Greenpeace, New Delhi is the most polluted capital city in the world.