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Haryana Links 13.5% of 2023 Deaths to Air Pollution, Fueling Calls for a Justiciable Right to Clean Air

Fossil-fuel emissions are identified as a major driver of harm with heavy health and economic losses.

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Overview

  • An IHME/GBD 2023 analysis attributes 27,130 deaths in Haryana to ambient particulate pollution, equal to 13.5% of all deaths.
  • The toll rose by 1,057 from 2022, and PM2.5 caused more DALYs than key metabolic risks, signalling a worsening, high-burden trend.
  • Recent CPCB readings show recurring poor to very poor air in NCR cities, with Gurugram at AQI 225 on Wednesday after a 357 reading on Sunday.
  • Nationally, the Lancet Countdown reports over 1.7 million PM2.5-related deaths in 2022, with about 44% linked to fossil fuels, notably road petrol and coal power.
  • The Lancet estimates $339.4 billion in economic losses from outdoor air pollution in 2022, as experts press for enforceable clean-air rights over short-term measures such as cloud seeding in Delhi.