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Delhi residents losing 8.2 yrs of life expectancy to pollution
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
|August 29, 2025
Delhi residents are losing 8.2 years of their life expectancy to high PM 2.5 concentration in the capital city, a new report released on Thursday found, which said this loss could be mitigated by bringing down pollution levels to the World Health Organization (WHO) standard of 5 micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m3).
The loss is 4.7 years if it is compared to the more lenient national standard of 40ug/m3, it said. Across the country, the average Indian is losing 3.5 years of their life expectancy.
The report, which shares the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) of people residing in different cit-
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