Mumbai, January 15 (IANS): Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals a report. The report, by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bombay and the US-based Health Effects Institute, found that residential biomass fuel burning contributed to some 268,000 deaths in 2015 and coal combustion from both thermal electric power plants and industry contributed to 169,000 deaths. Anthropogenic dusts contributed to 100,000 deaths; agricultural burning to 66,000 deaths; and transport, diesel, and kilns were behind over 65,000 deaths in India. “This systematic analysis of emissions from all sources and their impact on ambient air pollution exposure found significant contributions from regional sources, underlying that from local sources (like transportation and brick kilns),” said Chandra Venkataraman from IIT-Bombay.