India, Nov. 9 -- The worsening air quality in Delhi has prompted scores of people to stage a protest at the India Gate on Sunday, with the protestors including parents and environmental activists.

According to a PTI report, many of the protesters are mothers who were accompanied by children. They said they had gathered to demand urgent government action to ensure clean air in the national capital.

"We want to meet our elected officials. We had sought an appointment with the chief minister but were refused. So many parents are here because their children are suffering. Every third child already has damaged lungs; they will live nearly 10 years less than those growing up in cleaner air," the report quoted environmentalist Bhavreen Khandar...