New Delhi, Nov. 30 -- Former IPS officer and ex-Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has called for a comprehensive "White Paper" to address Delhi's worsening air-pollution emergency - one that not only explains how the capital reached this stage but also lays out a time-bound plan for recovery.

Sharing a detailed suggestion on X, Bedi divided her proposal into two key parts. The first, she said, must fix past accountability: What is the crisis due to? Who and what failed us? What has Delhi inherited over the years that led to this decline? The second should chart the road ahead - listing immediate, short-term and long-term measures, assigned clearly to responsible departments as well as citizens.

Everyone, she emphasised, is both "a contr...