{"id":1664,"date":"2025-11-10T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:20:53","slug":"i-just-want-to-breathe-protests-over-pollution-in-new-delhi-climate-crisis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1664","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I just want to breathe\u2019: Protests over pollution in New Delhi | Climate Crisis News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 10 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">10 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A suffocating blanket of smog has engulfed India\u2019s capital, permeating the air with an acrid smell as pollution levels soar, intensifying a public health emergency that has driven residents to demand governmental action.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday morning, New Delhi\u2019s air quality index had reached 344, categorised as \u201csevere\u201d and hazardous to breathe according to the World Health Organization\u2019s recommended exposure thresholds.<\/p>\n<p>In a compelling demonstration of public concern, dozens of protesters assembled in New Delhi on Sunday, calling for government intervention to combat the capital\u2019s toxic air crisis as dangerous haze shrouded the city.<\/p>\n<p>Children joined their parents at the demonstration, wearing protective masks and carrying placards, including one that starkly declared: \u201cI miss breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi, home to a metropolitan population of 30 million people, persistently ranks among the world\u2019s most polluted capital cities.<\/p>\n<p>Every winter, a toxic smog obscures the skyline when cooler temperatures trap pollutants close to ground level, creating a deadly combination of emissions from agricultural burning, industrial operations, and vehicle exhaust.<\/p>\n<p>Levels of PM2.5 \u2013 carcinogenic particles small enough to penetrate the bloodstream \u2013 regularly surge to concentrations 60 times above the UN\u2019s recommended daily health guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I am here just as a mother,\u201d said protester Namrata Yadav, who attended the protest with her son. \u201cI am here because I don\u2019t want to become a climate refugee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the protest location near India Gate, the historic war memorial, PM2.5 readings surpassed the World Health Organization\u2019s recommended daily maximum by more than 13 times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear after year, it is the same story, but there is no solution,\u201d said Tanvi Kusum, a lawyer who explained she joined because she was \u201cfrustrated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to build pressure so that the government at least takes up the issue seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Government measures to tackle the crisis have proven inadequate, including limited restrictions on fossil fuel vehicles and water trucks spraying mist to suppress airborne particulate matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPollution is cutting our lives,\u201d declared a young woman who identified herself as \u201cspeaking for Delhi\u201d and declined to provide her name.<\/p>\n<p>Research published in The Lancet Planetary Health last year estimated that 3.8 million deaths in India between 2009 and 2019 were attributable to air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations children\u2019s agency, UNICEF, cautions that contaminated air dramatically increases children\u2019s susceptibility to acute respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p>As evening descended on the smog-veiled skyline, the crowd expanded until police stepped in, forcing several activists onto a bus and seizing their protest materials, claiming they lacked proper demonstration permits.<\/p>\n<p>One partially torn sign captured the essence of their plea: \u201cI just want to 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