[palmanis]

South Korea, Taiwan, Japan all are coastal, whereas North India is landlocked and surrounded by mountains, which does not let that fog to escape. This makes the problem worse.

For that matter, if Mumbai wasn't a coastal city, it would have been way more polluted than Delhi.

Having said that, yeah, the politicians do not show any kind of intent to solve the problem, it is just another matter for them to blame their rivals.