Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- India's national capital has seen two citizen-led protests in November over the government's inaction to address dangerously worsening air quality.

Health experts have declared the winter air pollution in New Delhi a public health emergency, urging strict and long-term solutions similar to those taken to curb the covid-19 outbreak.

Mint examines the measures in place to tackle air pollution-linked health risks, and what more could be done.

Air quality in the National Capital Region and in neighbouring cities across Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh has been deteriorating since October-an annual phenomenon driven by factors such as stubble burning, firecracker use, and vehicular emissions, and exacerbated by low wind...