Delhi’s new government faces villagers’ fight against waste-to-energy plant

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Delhi’s new government faces villagers’ fight against waste-to-energy plant

As India’s capital ushers in a new government, residents of Sanoth, a village in north-west Delhi, are demanding urgent action against a proposed waste-to-energy plant that could further poison their already toxic air. With air pollution emerging as an election issue late in the campaign, the protests highlight the persistent neglect of environmental concerns in city governance. “For the first time in my life, I am forced to fight for clean air,…