Delhiites have to keep paying the cost of pollution over the next decade

WHEN India became independent in 1947, Delhi had a population of 0.7 million. The city thereafter witnessed explosive growth. By 1950, the population had doubled to about 1.4 million. By 1986, less than four decades after the country's independence, Delhi's population had increased 10-fold. By 1997, the increase was 15 times, and, in 2015, it had an estimated population of 18.6 million, making it the fifth most populated city in the world.

The situation becomes even more dire if the urban agglomera…