Air pollution impacts villages and cities almost equally but pollution control funds only for urban India, shows analysis

Category : Air Pollution | Location : National  | Posted on 2023-07-14 01:43:04

In 2022, the annual average of the most toxic air pollutant, ultrafine particulate matter (PM) 2.5, was as poor in rural India as urban India; putting under scanner the Union government’s policy of only investing in selected urban areas of the country for controlling toxic air pollution.