Dirty Delhi air makes you breathless" So also Eloor Industrial Area near Kochi makes the “queen of Arabian Sea” black.

For the first time there is conclusive evidence that Delhi's polluted air is responsible for over 40 per cent of the emergency hospital admissions of patients with breathing and heart problems.

A recent study conducted over a two-year period at the emergency room of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences has shown that a distinct correlation exists between air pollution and emergency room admissions of asthma, bronchitis and heart patients. The study, conducted by professor of medicine J.N. Pande, has been supported by the department of science and technology."