Over 2 lakh cases of acute respiratory illness (ARI) between 2022 and 2024 were reported in Delhi, new government data shows.

India’s biggest cities are coughing their way through toxic air and the consequences are now landing squarely inside hospital emergency rooms.

New government data shows that metro hospitals have high hospitalisations for ARI, with thousands of patients requiring admission.

The Ministry of Health, responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, called air pollution a major “triggering factor” for respiratory disease. The data was released after MP Dr. Vikramjit Singh Sahney questioned the rise in cases.

Minister Prataprao Jadhav said the government is closely monitoring things through a bigger, strengthened disease surveillance system.

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