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

<p>The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife</p><p>As a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/delhi-awakes-toxic-haze-diwali-pollution-season-begins">familiar smoky evening haze</a> 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.</p><p>“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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/delhi-air-pollution-protest">Continue reading...</a>