More than 20 million people woke last week to a thick, acrid, and noxious smog that settled densely across the Indian capital.
More than 20 million people woke last week to a thick, acrid, and noxious smog that settled densely across the Indian capital.
India is a federation of ~30 states, with wildly varying levels of democracy. Now this is usually a good thing; it has allowed us to accomodate a great deal of cultural and economic diversity without breaking up. But a major cause of the pollution in Delhi is stubble burning in neighbouring, which the government of Delhi has no power over. And the union (i.e. federal) government is led by a different party, so they don’t co-operate with the Delhi government.