I AM NOT PLANNING TO PAY TO CLEAN UP INDIA'S AIR, ANYTIME SOON, FOR KAMALA HEAD!
US President Donald Trump at debate: Look at India. The air is filthy
Indians have reacted to US president Donald Trump describing the air in India, China and Russia as "filthy" during the final election debate.
His remarks drew both anger and introspection, with some Indians asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take notice.
Others agreed that capital Delhi's air was among the most foul in the world.
In recent weeks, the city's air quality has turned "severe", with residents complaining of breathing difficulties.
India's dreaded pollution season has returned as levels of PM2.5 - dangerous tiny pollutants in the air - in the capital have averaged around 180-300 micrograms per cubic metre in recent weeks, 12 times higher than the WHO's safe limits.
"Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. It's filthy. The air is filthy. I walked out of the Paris Accord as we had to take out trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly," Mr Trump said talking about the decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord which aims to cap global warming "well below" 2C.
While his comments about China may not be strictly true, they have resonated with many in India.
The air in several cities in northern India is especially bad in winter months - November to February - when several factors, such as farmers burning crop stubble to clear their fields, vehicular and industrial pollution, festive fireworks and low wind speed, contribute to what doctors calls is a "deadly cocktail of poisonous gases". Despite the spikes in air pollution year after year, few concrete steps have been taken to control it.
BURNING CROPS MAJOR SOURCE POLLUTION INDIA
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