P: Delhi’s air quality deteriorates with unfailing regularity, with large swathes of north India in the grip of suffocating smog, but the State governments that can make it
easier for millions to breathe do not act with any sense of urgency.
Q: The smog that envelops the region is exacerbated by the burning of biomass in Punjab and Haryana, and the winter atmosphere is marked by weak ventilation.
R: It is unconscionable for governments, through indifference and inaction, to subject citizens to such toxic air, and cause extreme suffering especially among peo ple
with respiratory ailments and impaired lung function.
S: It has turned into a public health emergency in the capital, with the air quality index touching extremely hazardous levels in some parts, necessitating the closure of
primary schools, has further lowered its standing.