India has four seasons. Delhi has a fifth, and it's choking the life out of us
India Today · Sibu Tripathi ·
Delhi039s annual pollution season is forcing residents to reorganise daily life around toxic air Its predictable return highlights a public health crisis amid recurring political blame
Delhi's annual pollution season is forcing residents to reorganise daily life around toxic air. Its predictable return highlights a public health crisis amid recurring political blame.
India has four seasons, we are told. Summer, monsoon, autumn, and winter. But anyone who has lived and worked in Delhi-NCR long enough knows that the city has quietly added a fifth to its calendar. It arrives around October, settles in by November and refuses to leave without making a lasting impression on your lungs.
Welcome to pollution season. The only season in Delhi that nobody looks forward to, nobody has managed to cancel, and everybody is forced to participate in.
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