Mothers urge rights intervention

Warrior Moms, a collective of mothers, has urged the National Human Rights Commission to take suo motu action against Delhi toxic air, which it said has become a “persistent and preventable” crisis violating children’s fundamental right to life.

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Mothers' group protest

In arepresentation submitted toan NHRC member, the group warned that the city’s air quality — which routinely swings between the ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories — amounts to an annual public-health emergency inflicting irreversible lung and cognitive damage on millions of children.