New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta recently announced an initiative to distribute heaters to residents' welfare associations (RWAs) in the city for night guards, so they don't burn waste or other materials during the winter. Data on this issue has been available since at least 2016, and citizens could have addressed it earlier. The fight against air pollution has two parts: policy that enables citizens while taking systemic steps, and the smaller but important actions that citizens can take themselves. Any RWA, market association, construction site, or establishment that can afford security guards can also afford heaters. RWAs across the city should provide heaters and warm kits voluntarily, with only those genuinely unable to do so relying on the government scheme. More importantly, the Delhi government should fine RWAs and others whose night guards lack warm kits, heaters, access to functioning electric points, and basic shelter -- even if not a full portacabin. The central government must extend similar measures to the wider NCR - Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Jind, and other nearby cities - which are often more polluted than Delhi. Without this, pollution will continue drifting across borders. However, security guards burn waste mainly in winter. Lakhs of people burn waste and biomass year-round for heating and cooking. Addressing this group - whose energy poverty directly affects air quality in and around Delhi daily - is essential. Only by reducing this continuous burning can pollution levels fall not just in winter but also in spring, autumn, and even parts of summer, when AQI still crosses 100....