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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Arunabh SAIKIA

Mounting Economic Costs Of India's Killer Smog

New Delhi is choked every year in noxious smog that authorities appear powerless to bring under control (Credit: AFP)

Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country's economic growth.

India's capital New Delhi frequently ranks among the world's most polluted cities. Each winter, vehicle and factory emissions couple with farm fires from surrounding states to blanket the city in a dystopian haze.

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