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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest

A woman holds a placard during a protest against the hazardous air pollution situation in New Delhi, India
A woman holds a placard during a protest against the hazardous air pollution situation in New Delhi, India Photograph: Bilal Kuchay/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

As a familiar smoky evening haze gathered over Delhi, the crowd began to assemble in their hundreds. Mothers and children, students, retirees and environmentalists were all united by a basic but desperate demand: the right to breathe safely in India’s capital.

“Delhi is not a liveable city any more, it’s a death trap,” said Radhika Aggarwal, 33, an engineer who joined the protest on Sunday.

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