Indian Capital Faces Health Emergency as November Air Quality Hits Worst Level in 7 Years

About 57,000 of 2020's premature deaths in New Delhi could be attributed to air pollution, Greenpeace India said in its report released in September. The report added that the city's annual average air pollution levels exceeded the WHO's 2005 air quality guidelines (AQG) nearly by a factor of eight and the new AQGs by 17.4 times.