Delhi's Air Pollution: Smog Now Killing More Than COVID, Warns Former AIIMS Chief

This special report focuses on a severe public health warning for Delhi issued by former AIIMS Director, Dr. Randeep Guleria, as the city's air quality remains in the 'very poor' category. Dr. Guleria issued a stark warning stating, 'if you have poor lungs, please leave Delhi'. He further cautioned that the toxic smog is now responsible for more deaths than COVID-19, with fine particulate matter leading to a heightened risk of heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and even infertility. The report highlights that children's lungs are the most vulnerable and that Delhi's air quality index (AQI) has consistently been between 300 and 400, a level considered very poor to severe. The problem is described not just as a Delhi-NCR phenomenon, but as a crisis affecting all of North India.