'Air-pocalypse': Indian capital New Delhi launches 'Green War Room'

Commuters drive along a street engulfed by heavy smog in New Delhi on Saturday, November 4, 2023. - AFP

NEW DELHI (AFP): The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital's new "Green War Room" is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade.

"It's a pollution emergency", said Gopal Rai, environment minister for the rapidly expanding megacity of over 20 million people, consistently ranked the world's worst capital for air quality.