Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting Solution?
Published on: Dec. 21, 2025, 12:25 a.m. | Source: Deccan Chronicle
When the Air Quality Index (AQI) regularly breaches ‘severe’ and ‘hazardous’ categories exceeding 450 — levels that should constitute a public health emergency by any civilised standard — scientific studies show that life expectancy is shortened by as much as 8.2 years and contributes to increased incidence of heart attacks, strokes, respiratory ailments and chronic diseases
