Long StoryHow street-level data is changing the way India sees air pollution—and the startup behind it Samiksha Goel10 min read22 Dec 2025, 05:00 PM ISTAccording to the 2024 World Air Quality Report by IQAir, a Swiss air-quality technology company, 74 of the 100 most polluted cities in the world are in India, including three of the top four. (HT)SummaryRespirer Living Sciences, a tiny startup, is punching above its weight in the fight to improve India’s abysmal air quality. This is the story of how it has endured pushback, developed solutions with limited resources, and became an indispensable asset to a clutch of cities. Bengaluru: When IntrCity SmartBus first decided to measure the air its passengers were breathing, the results were unsettling.
