Delhi Air Pollution: Politics, Health Crisis & Cloud Seeding Debate Intensify

This special report focuses on Delhi's severe air pollution crisis and the escalating political blame game between the BJP, Congress, and other opposition parties. The discussion features insights from Rahul Gandhi, who has criticised the government's response, and Dr. G.C. Khilnani, Chairperson of the PSRI Institute of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, who provides a grim outlook on the health impacts. Dr. Khilnani states, 'my hospital admissions and ICU admissions have increased by at least two-fold during last ten days.' The programme delves into the 'very poor' to 'severe' air quality, with Dr. Khilnani advising residents on necessary precautions, such as using KN-99 masks and avoiding outdoor activities. It also covers the Delhi government's experimental efforts with cloud seeding to induce artificial rain as a potential, though debated, solution to the toxic smog blanketing the national capital.