New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, some of India’s top medical experts have issued an advisory urging the government to recognise severe pollution episodes as a public health crisis.

Delhi-NCR, several other cities across north India and even Mumbai have been battling dangerous levels of air pollution, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels remaining ‘very poor’ or ‘severe’. ADVERTISEMENT

Keeping in mind the immediate and long-term health consequences for millions of residents, a group of respected doctors, including 80 Padma awardees, have raised alarms about the rapidly escalating public health emergency.

The signatories include leading cardiologists Dr Naresh Trehan and Dr Devi Shetty, top endocrinologists Dr Ambrish Mithal and Dr Nikhil Tandon, renowned diabetologist Dr V Mohan, pul

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