Only 1 in 1,000 Indians lives in area with clean air: Study
In 2015, only one among 1,000 Indians lived in areas where particulate pollution did not exceed WHO's safe levels, according to an IIT Bombay-led study. About 10.9 lakh deaths in India were attributed to fine, toxic PM2.5 pollutants, predicted to cause at least 25 lakh deaths in 2050. Further, 75% of the deaths were in rural areas, the report stated.