World's Worst Air Pollution Finally Emerges as an Election Issue in India
- Political parties pledge to reduce pollution in manifestos
- Emission standards, promoting e-mobility promised to clean air
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Promises to fight the world’s most toxic air have made it to the manifestos of major political parties for the first time in Indian elections.
Major political parties such as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the opposition Indian National Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have pledged to combat the crisis by taking measures ranging from setting deadlines, introducing new emission standards to promoting electric vehicles in a bid to fight toxic air. That is a change from the 2014 elections when none of the party manifestos had any mention of clean air or pollution.