| The WHO report of ambient air pollution, 2014, ranks Delhi as the most polluted city in the world. There is now an increasing global concern over the public health impacts attributed to environ- mental pollution. Many epidemio- logical studies have confirmed a link between air pollution and disease such as asthma, cardiovascular diseases, immature births, Parkinson’s diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, lung cancer and even depression. There is also an economic cost of high levels of air pollution in Delhi in terms of medical expenses lost wages and averting expenditure to prevent exposure. This paper makes a modest attempt to analyse the health and economic impact of a pollution in National Capital Territory. |