Starting today, Hindustan Times launches a seven-part series that looks at why air pollution cannot be fought in a piecemeal or an “emergency” manner. “When pollution levels go up, people living with chronic respiratory illnesses like asthma and bronchitis, experience an aggravation of symptoms. Worse than the worseThe pollution levels in the city this year broke several records. In the face of such acute pollution levels and disruption of normal life, the government could only muster a ‘lukewarm’ response. China has instituted a broad, regionally coordinated system of air pollution monitoring.

Source: Hindustan Times November 29, 2016 04:02 UTC