In the first week of November last year, the Supreme Court described Delhi’s air as a “disaster”. After all, the court had admonished the city’s authorities a little after Diwali in 2015 as well. The authorities have now received an unseasonal censure: FIFA has decided that Delhi will not be hosting the marquee matches of the under-17 football World Cup that will be held in the country in October. By all accounts, it was clear in February that FIFA was contemplating pulling the knockout matches out of Delhi due to pollution concerns. They similarly have little regard for the State of Global Air report released last month, which showed India lost more people to air pollution compared to China in 2015.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2017 18:33 UTC