According to the Air Quality Life Index 2022, produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), air pollution shortens the average Indian life expectancy by 5 years. And in some areas like Delhi, the most polluted city in the world, air pollution shortens lives by almost 10 years. Dr Arvind Kumar, a chest surgeon from Medanta - The Medicity is of the opinion that air pollution makes an individual diseased, decreases performance and kills prematurely.
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