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    As Delhi Chokes On Smog, India's Health Minister Advises: Eat More Carrots

    Residents of one of the world's most polluted cities are getting fed up with government inaction — and a few questionable tweets aren't helping.
    by Kamala Thiagarajan Nov 08, 2019 5 minutes
    People cover their faces with masks to avoid thick smog in New Delhi on Nov. 5. People living there have complained about respiratory problems.

    Last week, just after the celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali, India's capital city was enveloped in a thick blanket of haze and smog.

    On Nov. 2, 21 of the 37 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi registered in the "severe" category. Since then, the city has been grappling with its worst-ever pollution crisis. On the Air Quality Index, an international metric used by public health officials that accounts for a range of major air pollutants, any reading above 100 is considered unhealthy. In some areas of Delhi this week, the AQI recorded well over 900 according to daily bulletins by India's Central Pollution Control Board.

    How does it feel to live in one of the most polluted cities in the world?

    Many Delhi residents complain of watering eyes, a persistent cough and a dull headache that lasts all day.

    "The air

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