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It has been found that Delhi's air is the most polluted in the world, half of its children have impaired lung functions. More than 70% of water supplied by Delhi Jal Board are undrinkable; it is contaminated with leakage from sewers. The population has grown from nearly 17.60 lakh 1.8 crore, the highest growth rate for any Indian city. Delhi has about 0.05 percent of the India's geographical area, but consists of 1.38 percent of the nation's population. Total number of vehicles in Delhi are more than what other three major metros of the country have, their number per km has increased from 37 to 134 since 1981. Every fifth home in the capital has a car. Government schools, hospitals, public parks have all disappeared, health and education have become the privilege of the rich.

The Central and state governments in NCR, dither on fixing air quality and its residents are paying the price with their health. Times of India has published an article by Gardiner Harris, South Asia correspondent of The New York Times, on his decision to return to the US, due to the harm Delhi's air has done to his eight-year-old son, Bram. Many expatriates in the city said that they found, the quality of life is "severely compromised" by living in Delhi.

By Premji