Asthma, acid rain: life in one of India's most polluted cities

By Jason Koutsoukis
Updated April 19 2014 - 3:23pm, first published 2:48pm
Suresh Chopne, founder of Green Planet, in front of a coal fired power station built on the edge of Chandrapur.
Suresh Chopne, founder of Green Planet, in front of a coal fired power station built on the edge of Chandrapur.

Chandrapur: Welcome to one of the most polluted cities in India. The air pollution is so bad that up to 70 per cent of children in Chandrapur are suffering from asthma or some other kind of respiratory disease, thanks to the ash being churned out from 12 coal-fired power stations in the district that produce a combined 5000 megawatts of electricity.

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