Jairam Ramesh flags PM2.5 health emergency, demands urgent revision of pollution standards

New Delhi, Nov 2 (UNI) Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh, on Monday, launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government over its handling of the worsening air pollution crisis, warning that toxic PM2.5 levels were choking Delhi and several other parts of north India and demanding an urgent overhaul of the country's air quality standards. In a post on social media platform X, Ramesh said the deteriorating air quality had assumed the proportions of a serious public health emergency and called for immediate government intervention, particularly through the revision and strict enforcement of permissible limits for fine…