印度的空气污染每年导致100万人过早死亡,德里的AQI为440人,引发了紧急措施。 India’s air pollution causes 1 million premature deaths yearly, with Delhi’s AQI at 440, prompting emergency measures.

2026年1月18日, 国会议员Jairam Ramesh批评总理莫迪(Narendra Modi)政府无视印度印度-Gangetic平原和喜马拉雅山丘空气污染的严重性, 引用世界银行一份题为“改革之气”的报告。 On January 18, 2026, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for ignoring the severity of air pollution in India’s Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan foothills, citing a World Bank report titled 'A Breath of Change.' 该报告于2025年12月发布,估计空气污染每年造成约100万人过早死亡,并导致区域国内生产总值下降10%。 The report, released in December 2025, estimates that air pollution causes about one million premature deaths annually and leads to a 10% loss in regional GDP. Ramesh呼吁采取紧急行动,包括更严格地执行排放标准,逐步淘汰过时的煤炭厂,采用以空区为基础的治理,扩大电力公共交通,以及更新过时的环境法。 Ramesh called for urgent action, including stricter enforcement of emissions standards, phasing out outdated coal plants, adopting airshed-based governance, expanding electric public transport, and updating outdated environmental laws. 他强调,有必要加强国家清洁空气方案并监测PM 2.5级别。 He emphasized the need to strengthen the National Clean Air Programme and monitor PM 2.5 levels. 德里的AQI达到440个, 被归类为“严重” , 促使空气质量管理委员会启动第四阶段GRAP措施, Delhi’s AQI reached 440—classified as 'severe'—prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management to activate Stage-IV GRAP measures, with industrial closures ordered for violations.