India, Nov. 16 -- Delhi's air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace

After the Supreme Court took the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to task for not being able to control the life threatening pollution in the combined region, the issue of harmonised but effective regional pollution control action has drawn attention.

As the Indo-Gangetic Plain turns dark red on the Indian map with wintery weather trapping dangerous levels of air pollution, Delhi typically hogs attention as the epicentre of the problem.

But this story is not about Delhi. It is about the vulnerability of vast landlocked region of northern India that raises the question regarding the need for a ...