Bibek Bhandari
The Hindu festival of Diwali is traditionally a time for families to get together, but for the past seven years, Vamika Grover, 32, has fled her home in Delhi as firecrackers send the city’s air quality spiraling into hazardous levels. Even a week later, she returns home to the lingering taste and smell of acrid air.
“I’ve been feeling a sense of breathlessness these past few years, and I would feel my lungs would have to do a lot of heavy lifting,” said Grover, a Hodgkin lymphoma cancer survivor. “Before, I felt the firecrackers during Diwali worsened the air quality, but it’s polluted throughout the year now, and it’s creating health issues for everyone.”
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