Overview
- NSUI, led by national president Vinod Jakhar, staged a march at its Raisina Road headquarters on Thursday with students wearing oxygen masks and carrying 'Students Demand Clean Air' placards.
- The Students’ Federation of India held a separate protest at Delhi University while a delegation of environmentalists has written to the Union Environment Ministry seeking a meeting with CPCB, CAQM and the health ministry to push coordinated action.
- Delhi’s average Air Quality Index was reported around 330 in the very poor category, and forecasts cited by reports warned the situation could worsen in coming days.
- Protesters are demanding immediate, time‑bound measures, transparent monitoring and accountability from regulators, faulting structural sources such as vehicular emissions, construction, industry and regional crop‑stubble burning for recurring winter pollution.
- Activists say the worst health harms fall on children, older adults and outdoor workers, no new government commitments have been reported so far, and the groups plan to press for enforceable steps and a convened meeting of central agencies.