'India has become a threat to my health': Costa Rica ambassador quits Delhi

According to reports, Costa Rican Ambassador to India Mariela Cruz Alvarez has developed a respiratory illness and has said that she has had to move to Bengaluru to recover

"Suddenly, India has become a threat to my health," writes Costa Rican Ambassador to India Mariela Cruz Alvarez in her personal blog. What is this threat to be exact? The toxic admixture of harmful particles, dust, smoke and pollution that is Delhi's air has hit Ambassador Alvarez hard and she has reportedly left the national capital. 

(Read her full blog post detailing her fight with Delhi's pollution here)

"I am sick in South India with a serious upper respiratory infection due to New Delhi's unbreathable air," the diplomat wrote in an Instagram post. Alvarez, according to an NDTV