The fourth edition of the India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) began on Tuesday in Bengaluru to discuss an integrated approach to resolving air pollution and climate change.
The summit has been organised by think-tanks Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) and the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP).
Health Minister K. Sudhakar inaugurated the event and said that people are dying more owing to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in urban areas than rural areas. “Infections on lungs is much higher in urban areas. COPD across the nation is increasing. Medically speaking, there is silent deaths due to air pollution. We need to have a multi-dimensional approach to address air pollution or else the future will curse us," Dr. Sudhakar said.
