A farmer burns straw stubble after a harvest in a paddy field on the outskirts of Jalandhar on November 4, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by SHAMMI MEHRA / AFP) (Photo by SHAMMI MEHRA/AFP via Getty Images)

A farmer burns straw stubble after a harvest in a paddy field on the outskirts of Amritsar on September 29, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)

Classroom furniture are seen kept aside at the Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute school as it is closed following an order to shut down schools because of worsening air pollution in New Delhi on November 22, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

An aerial view shows the skyline engulfed in heavy smog in New Delhi on November 17, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A school teacher conducts an online class near a basketball court at Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute in New Delhi on November 22, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A garbage truck rides across the Ghazipur landfill amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 19, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 18, 2024 shows (above) pedestrians walking along the Kartavya Path engulfed in thick smog, near India Gate in New Delhi on November 18, 2024 and pedestrians walking under a clear blue sky at the Kartavya Path near India Gate in New Delhi on September 26, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Pedestrians walk along the Kartavya Path engulfed in thick smog, near India Gate in New Delhi on November 18, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)