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The country’s capital Delhi has been struggling with severe smog and air pollution for the last 3 months. AQI has reached 500 several times, affecting more than 5 crore population of Delhi-NCR. But this problem is not limited to Delhi only.

In this video we will learn how Beijing was once the “Smog Capital”, how its AQI reached 755 in 2013 and how the situation changed with the Chinese Government’s 5-Year Air Pollution Control Plan.

We will also understand how air pollution is harming India’s economy directly and indirectly. What is the real impact of factories closing, productivity decreasing and health costs increasing and why India is losing about 3% of GDP every year.

Based on the reports of CREA, DW and TERI, this video will tell whether Delhi can adopt Beijing Model and how big a threat air pollution is to the dream of a developed India by 2047.