Ashish Bhatnagar

Wordsmith here. Words have power, so I write to bring a change. When I'm not writing, I'm reading.

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@HokiePrachi EC's press notes have proven all the allegations. Every single thing flagged by Indian Express reports they are promising to fix now, which simply validates the claims. Nor has EC denied the claims made in that report. Your choice If you still don't see credibility.

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@HokiePrachi There's law and then There's power. You're quoting only the law. Not the power that he holds.

If he wants, he absolutely CAN fire or force "anyone" to resign in the country.

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@RailwaySeva @drm_drmizn Mobile number sent

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

PNR 2262559321 Train no 15304. Intercity express. AC in coach C1 not working since the beginning of the journey. 2 hours have passed and It's getting really suffocating inside the coach. Please get it fixed ASAP.
@RailwaySeva

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

PNR 2262559321 Train no 15304. Intercity express. AC in coach C1 not working since the beginning of the journey. 2 hours have passed and It's getting really suffocating inside the coach. Please get it fixed ASAP.
@RailwaySeva

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

PNR 2262559321 Train no 15304. Intercity express. AC in coach C1 not working since the beginning of the journey. 2 hours have passed and It's getting really suffocating inside the coach. Please get it fixed ASAP.
@RailwaySeva

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

The Batman Part II coming to Netflix in October 2027 (contingent - approval from POTUS).

#Netflix #WarnerBros #WarnerBrosDiscovery

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[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@daniyalm1300 @rapidobikeapp Will think twice before booking a ride with Rapido now

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

If you don't have the necessary strength, compassion, and humility required for a high-stress job, maybe you should change the career. A high-stress job is not your license to apathy.

https://t.co/Thg0A2gRKi

[Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor @Sonal_MK]

"PMO must setup a COVID style taskforce to tackle air pollution" @thekiranbedi

The chorus on #DemandCleanAir is rising

[Arvind Kejriwal @ArvindKejriwal]

साफ़ हवा और साफ़ पानी हर नागरिक का बुनियादी अधिकार है।

दिल्ली सहित उत्तर भारत में हवा जानलेवा हो चुकी है, और समाधान देने की बजाय सरकार जनता से टैक्स वसूल रही है।

लोग अपने परिवार को प्रदूषण से बचाने के लिए एयर प्यूरीफ़ायर लेने जाते हैं, और वहाँ पता चलता है कि सरकार उस पर 18% GST वसूल रही है। ये सरासर अन्याय है।

मैं केंद्र सरकार से मांग करता हूँ कि एयर और वॉटर प्यूरीफ़ायर पर लगाया गया GST तुरंत हटाया जाए। समाधान नहीं दे सकते तो कम से कम जनता की जेब पर बोझ डालना बंद कीजिए।

[Neha Nagar @nehanagarr]

The mass mu*der is happening in Delhi and you're next in line.

Air in the capital of India is dangerously toxic and has turned into slow poison.

As a mother, I have to constantly check AQI every single day just to decide if I should go out with my kid or not!

Air purifier is running 24/7.
Something which once was a luxury is now an absolute necessity.

Your lungs are choking.
Your eyes are burning.
Your kids are constantly coughing.

How have we become so comfortable with this, and why is it not the talk of the town?

[Vikram Chopra @vikramchopra]

I run an autotech company. My entire business depends on people buying, selling and using cars and even I am saying that Delhi needs far stricter, far more uncomfortable rules to fix the air. When someone whose livelihood comes from mobility is asking the government to curb mobility, you should understand how serious the problem is. This for me is not a policy debate anymore. I have a five-year-old son and eighty-year-old parents. Their lungs cannot survive our excuses.

We already know what works. Every real improvement in Delhi’s air has come from interventions that were painful. Odd–even in 2016 reduced PM2.5 by roughly 14–16%. People hated it, mocked it, fought it, and we shut it down because the inconvenience was louder than the data. During the 2020 lockdown, traffic, construction and factories stopped, and PM2.5 and PM10 dropped by 40–60%. NO₂ fell by half. Delhi-NCR transformed during this period. Everyone saw it. And yet, when the citiesreopened, we went straight back to the behaviours that created the problem.

Even GRAP restrictions, construction halts, diesel limits, older vehicle bans show the same pattern. Every time they are implemented seriously, the AQI stabilises. And every time they are relaxed early, the pollution spikes right back. The cause-and-effect relationship is so obvious that pretending this crisis is complex is insulting to basic intelligence. The problem is here is not some science; the actual problem is our tolerance for discomfort.

What frustrates and embarrasses me is that we have also ignored multiple high-leverage interventions that other global cities implemented years ago. Congestion pricing could have reduced peak-hour emissions and traffic. Seasonal diesel restrictions could have prevented winter NOx spikes. Mandatory real-time emissions monitoring at construction sites could have forced compliance instead of token fines. Satellite-linked incentives for farmers could have actually stopped stubble burning instead of leaving it to outrage cycles. A serious public transport integration plan could have made car usage optional instead of essential. None of these required genius; they required political courage and administrative clarity. Both were missing.

Delhi-NCR and in fact other cities too behave as if clean air and comfort can coexist without trade-offs. They cannot. Not with the way we build, drive, burn and consume. We want clean air, but not at the cost of traffic rules, construction timelines, fuel choices, or personal convenience. That mindset is the real pollutant. If we are honest, the city isn’t being punished by weather patterns. It’s being punished by its own unwillingness to do hard things consistently.

You all can hate me for this but I am appealing to the government, if restricting cars helps, restrict them. If diesel needs to be limited in winter, limit it. If odd-even works bring it back. If construction sites violate norms, shut them down immediately, not after fifteen warnings. If any sector is a chronic contributor, regulate it at the pace of a health emergency, not a bureaucracy.

My child and my parents do not have the biological luxury to absorb our indecision and nor do yours. They do not get replacement lungs when Delhi’s air policy fails. They are the ones who pay for the government’s fear of backlash and the public’s addiction to comfort.

There is no soft version of this solution.If we don’t accept inconvenience now, we will be living inside an air-purifier-shaped coffin in ten years and pretending it’s progress.

We need to have a little more spine for the people we love the most.

#Gurugram #Pollution #AirQuality @cmohry @CMODelhi @PMOIndia

[Dr. Fundji Benedict-VL🎓🇮🇱🇿🇦🇧🇷🇪🇹 @Fundji3]

⚠️ Ethiopia: The Hayli Gobi volcano erupted today for the first time in ten thousand years and sent ash up to a height of 15 km.🔥🔥

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@LTermInvestor Will get one sooner or later. If not, I'll build something of my own

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

I'm not Gen-Z, but I strongly believe that everyone deserves to earn with basic dignity.

[Oxygen 💨 @WhateverVishal]

Only Gen Z can fix the toxic Indian Work Culture

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@thisisgeeekgod Haha I embrace it.

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@investor_vineet @WhateverVishal If an employer thinks such behavior is justified, I'm better off with their rejection instead of selection 🙏

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@harsh_019 @WhateverVishal DM me ill tell

[Ashish Bhatnagar @AshishB95]

@WhateverVishal Apke post se hi Insta pe pahuch gaya ye matter aur meri company me bhi 🤣