Toxic smog fuels debate over shifting India's capital away from New Delhi

Acrid, choking pollution has been blighting daily life in city of 20m

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People brave the smog as they walk near New Delhi's India Gate monument on Nov. 19. Pollution has been shrouding the city in a toxic haze. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- The toxic smog cloaking New Delhi in recent weeks has been smothering its 20 million or so residents with dangerous pollution but breathing life into debate about whether the city can remain India's capital.

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