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1-yr-old falls ill at Delhi airport; 'pollution to blame', says doctor

The family, which stayed in Delhi for about a week after returning from Singapore, ensured Myrah remained indoors where they had installed an air purifier.

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Myrah with her mother

Myrah with her mother

New Delhi: The toxic air of Delhi seems to have penetrated the national capital's international airport too, making a one-year-old girl ill. Myrah, her mother Kavita Kataria and father Subrat Singh were waiting for their flight to Ahmedabad on November 2 when the toddler fell sick.

The family, which stayed in Delhi for about a week after returning from Singapore, ensured Myrah remained indoors where they had installed air purifier. "However, while waiting at the boarding gates (at Delhi airport), Myrah's eyes started getting watery and she was breathing heavily," Kataria told mid-day.

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