In the News
November 11, 2024
Parts of India and Pakistan are blanketed in thick smog, with densely populated cities seeing record-breaking levels of pollution. Now, some are calling for the two rival nations to work together on new ways to fight the issue. The World’s Transportation Correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports on the unlikely possibility of “smog diplomacy.”
Siegel speaks with Tanushree Ganguly, director of the Air Quality of Life Index in Delhi. She says the numbers can be shocking in Delhi and in the megacity of Lahore. Across the border in Pakistan, pollution levels are 15 to 20 times what the WHO recommends.
Ganguly: An average resident in Delhi is likely to lose more than seven years of their life if they’re exposed to this pollution level. In case of Lahore, an average individual is likely to lose more than five years of their life if they’re exposed to such pollution levels in a sustained manner.