Rahul calls for collective effort against pollution

Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday raised concern over air pollution in the northern part of India, and termed it a "national emergency," as the air quality continues from poor to severe according to the Air Quality Index in the region for the past few days.

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Taking to social media platform X, the Rae Bareli MP highlighted that the situation was a "public health crisis" affecting the entire region, "stealing children's future" and "suffocating the elderly."

He further pointed out that the pollution was not only harming public health but also contributing to an environmental and economic disaster. He emphasized that the poorest sections of society are suffering the most, unable to escape the polluted air and noted that children are falling ill and many lives are being shortened due to exposure to the harmful air.