The public health burden is severely uneven, with the Delhi National Capital Region bearing the brunt of vehicle pollution. Road transport pollution in India is causing one premature death every six minutes, according to a report by the International Council on Clean Transportation. The study reveals that toxic vehicular exhaust also triggers a new case of childhood asthma every thirty-four minutes across the country. The public health burden is severely uneven, with the Delhi National Capital Region bearing the brunt of vehicle pollution. Successfully executing these clean transport policies could prevent nearly seventeen lakh premature deaths in India by 2050.