India’s Toxic Winters Demand Urgent Action
India’s winter air pollution crisis—most acutely experienced across Delhi and the National Capital region (Delhi-NCR), Northwest India, and the Indo-Gangetic Plain—has moved well beyond being a seasonal inconvenience. It has become a structural, recurring public health emergency. Each winter, Air Quality Index (AQI) levels routinely cross 400-500, entering the “severe” and “emergency” categories, where even…