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Why India’s politicians have little incentive to clean up its bad air
Poor mass awareness and mobilisation over the country’s pollution crisis mean it has not become a major election issue.
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With its rich who can pay to insulate themselves and its poor who cannot afford to protest, India’s pollution crisis has failed to rally mass anger.
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In 2024, Mr Manoj Kumar Sahu became a proud and happy father to twin daughters. A little over a year later, the 38-year-old, who was based in Delhi, also became a reluctant owner of two air purifiers.
His doctor told him it would be wise to get them as his children were struggling with recurring bouts of respiratory problems given the foul air they were breathing in Delhi, a city that ranks persistently as among the most polluted globally.
