Who is in charge of my 'air'?

Controlling air pollution calls for negotiations that cover airsheds, as air is mobile and beyond artificial legal jurisdictions

Everyone now understands that air quality in North India is one of the great public health failures of our times. Hundreds of millions of people are experiencing a wide range of adverse impacts (not just respiratory illness) because of the polluted air. The bad air retards the physical and intellectual development of children, and accelerates the deteriorative illnesses in middle age.

When thinking of solutions, the first barrier is that of statistics. A complete grid of air quality measurement stations is required all across India; these stations need to work correctly; their data needs to go out in real time. The