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Air pollution is one of the leading causes of death in India, and a major challenge to the long-term sustainability of India’s economic engines: its cities. The World Air Quality Report 2020 puts 22 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities in India. A recent Lancet study found that air pollution accounted for 1.7 million deaths in India in 2019 — 18% of all deaths —costing 1.4% of India’s GDP (Rs 260,000 crore). The sheer scale of the crisis