India Has 8 Out Of 10 Most Polluted Cities In The World. Why? Can It Beat Air Pollution? | Insight

In November 2024, Delhi earned the dubious title of the "World's Most Polluted City". And it had company. Of the world's ten most polluted cities in 2024, eight were in India. This, despite decades-long governmental efforts to clean up its atmosphere.

Why does India struggle with choking air pollution? What does a growing middle class, bureaucratic red tape, poor coordination and geography have to do with hazardous air quality? If China managed to snuff out its air pollution, why can’t India? With the suffocating smog linked to as many as 2 million deaths each year, what will it take to clear up India's bad air?

00:00 Introduction
01:35 Children hospitalised because of bad air
03:11 Delhi becomes the world's most polluted city
04:36 What India has done about air pollution
06:46 Tiny lethal particle: How PM 2.5 harms you
09:21 Why air pollution in Delhi worsens in the winter
12:18 Air pollution harms jobseekers and productivity
14:23 How cars and construction create pollution
18:44 Crop and waste burning choke the city
22:10 Living in the shadow of a coal plant
24:43 Babies and children most vulnerable to air pollution
26:34 Has the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) worked?
31:50 Addressing sources of pollution outside cities
32:59 Pollution blame game
36:59 Economic impact of air pollution
39:58 Can India clean up their air the way China has?
44:59 Can clean air become a reality for India?

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