Winter Warning: Let’s Stay Warm Without Warming the Planet Try to stop burning of Dry leaves mixed with plastic wrappers, Disposable cups, Rubber scraps and even old tyres. By Arpita Arora , GKE1 Step outside on a winter morning in Delhi. Can you smell it? That sharp, smoky bite in the air that settles in your throat before the day has even begun. As we pull on our warm jackets, sip hot tea, and retreat indoors, thousands of people spend their days—and nights—out in the cold. Security guards standing at gates, drivers waiting in parked cars, sanitation workers on early-morning rounds, construction labourers braving the chill—many of them have only one way to keep warm. They light a fire. But what are they burning? Dry leaves mixed with plastic wrappers. Disposable cups. Rubber scraps. Sometimes even old tyres. What feels like a small fire for warmth quietly turns into a cloud of toxic smoke, adding to Delhi’s already suffocating winter air. We alrea...
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