India, Jan. 22 -- New Delhi

A day after HT carried a report highlighting the results of an experiment to show that pollution indoors is equally as bad as the outdoors, except in enclosed and controlled spaces where air purifiers are installed, the Delhi government and medical institutions where the trial was carried out called for long-term solutions to the problem.

The Delhi government termed pollution a "legacy problem it inherited from the previous government".

"For the first time, out government has made a comprehensive plan to tackle pollution on all fronts... We will ensure that though we inherited a city left breathless, the Capital will be visibly cleaner within our tenure," the BJP said in a statement.

Dr Nirupama Madan, medi...