Most Pollution-linked deaths occur in India

Nearly a quarter of all fatalities in 2015 were on country: study 

India is ranked number one globally on the toll taken by pollution, with a staggering 2.51 million deaths in 2015, an international commission has reported.

Of an estimated 9 million premature deaths linked to pollution worldwide, the country accounted for about 28%.

Air pollution, the leading cause, killed 6.5 million people around the world. India and Bangladesh recorded the largest increase in pollution -released deaths among 10 most populous countries for the year. The results of the study were published in the journal The Lancet.

Nearly a quarter of all death in India in 2015 were attributed to pollution; Pakistan, China, Bangladesh and Kenya too reported one in four deaths due to the same cause. Again air pollution took the heaviest toll in  India [1.81million], followed by water [0.64million].

Ambient air pollution was the leading cause in the country, while deaths from household air pollution by soils fuels came to a close second at 0.97 million. Half a million deaths were caused by unsafe water sanitation as behind 0.32 million deaths.