LocalCircles

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[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

Officials at organisations like @CAQM_Official either do not understand the health impact of pollution on children or it is absolutely not a priority for them.

PM1 levels exceeding 200 µg/m³ expose children to ultrafine particles that penetrate deep into the lungs, reach the alveoli and trigger pulmonary inflammation. Exposure is associated with impaired lung function, reduced lung capacity, airway inflammation and worsening asthma.

Giving a scheduled smog break or transition to online classes allows parents and children to plan better instead of waiting for last minute orders from their local administrations.

#AQI #Delhiair #AirQuality #pollution

https://t.co/rpqaeQpgUD

@VishnuFNO @RuchiAngrish @barkhad @ikaveri @ThunderWildWx @Sonal_MK

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

What Delhi Govt should have initiated 12 months ago:

•Paid Punjab/Haryana farmers to lift stubble, deals signed by April 2026
•Ended garbage burning: daily collection in every colony, no roadside piles
•Stopped dry broom sweeping at dawn — sprinkle first, mechanical sweepers on main roads, dust bagged same day
•Mandatory green netting on every construction site and covered trucks for malba — enforced year-round, not from October
•LPG/electric for slums, guards, coal tandoors

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

And the net result is indeed here for everyone to see. This is precisely what happens when decisions are not based on data. They had to spend the last 12 months fixing things at the root level which they didn’t.

We have made near ZERO progress on reducing #airpollution over the last decade. #DelhiAir #AQI

@VishnuFNO @Meetasengupta @ikaveri @veenavenugopal @mukteshchander

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

The #AQI this morning in #DelhiNCR is 555. Shouldn’t schools be shut? @CAQM_Official @gupta_rekha @dmgbnagar @DC_Gurugram #Delhiair #Airpollution

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

A whopping 87% residents of Delhi NCR cities are against the restriction imposed on pre BS-VI vehicles by Delhi.

Remember, it is much easy to inconvenience tax paying citizens than to act on other critical causes driving up AQI. The net result will be for all to see soon!

@VishnuFNO @GargiRawat @Bhayankur @ikaveri @sankrant @veenavenugopal @kapsology @Sadafsayeed @ggganeshh @NsNitinsinha @rahul_tawar @sanket @TheRebel_IN @Sonal_MK @nkk_123

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

57% residents of Delhi NCR who have experienced the roads especially borders rate the BS-VI enforcement by Delhi as poor or very poor!

What is the point of such enforcement where vehicles burn much more fuel due to additional time spent in traffic?

@VishnuFNO @Meetasengupta @ikaveri @Rajyasree @veenavenugopal @sanket @Chhabiy @archimags @rahuljaitley

[LocalCircles @LocalCircles]

@sachintaparia @Mukesh_k @upadhyay_harsh1 @kkstau @yudhajit @nachiket1982 @PreetiChoudhry @Aunindyo2023 @pradeepraiindia @ShereenBhan Full report: 87% people in Delhi-NCR want other pollution sources tackled first: LocalCircles Survey

https://t.co/c0cX5NDQEQ

[LocalCircles @LocalCircles]

@sachintaparia @Mukesh_k @upadhyay_harsh1 @kkstau @yudhajit @nachiket1982 @PreetiChoudhry @Aunindyo2023 @pradeepraiindia @ShereenBhan Full report: 87% people in Delhi-NCR want other pollution sources tackled first: LocalCircles Survey

https://t.co/c0cX5NDQEQ

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

It is sad to see the deterioration of #Spicejet and a large number of complaints on @LocalCircles & @X lately. Below is how the fliers rate the airline now & @RamMNK @MoCA_GoI @DGCAIndia alongside the airline are failing them completely. If the airline isn’t going to run flights on time during the Diwali week, it must let fliers know, now!

@VishnuFNO @DrSarvapriya @ikaveri @miless_15 @ImAbhishek7_

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

When @LocalCircles did this nationwide survey on #bribery for doing business in India in Dec 2024 , there was one statistic that got lost in the reporting!

28% businesses admitted paying bribes to employees/owners or private sector companies! We need to do something about this!

@VishnuFNO @malpani @ggganeshh @ikaveri @Sharanyashettyy @ikaveri @atulmodani @smurlidharan @sanket @bhatnaturally @prakdadlani @speakshoutroar @CA_AmitShah

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

71% #Apple #iphone users in India who upgraded to #iOS27 and surveyed are facing issues! Hope #CCPA @jagograhakjago acts faster than it did with #iOS18 issues @JoshiPralhad @inidhikhare

@VishnuFNO @malpani @buzzindelhi @vijayshekhar @chamath @ikaveri @kansaratva @Iyervval @gurinipspb @Bharati09 @indraroy @AishPaliwal

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

He is not alone @johnternus Post upgrade to #iOS27 7 in 10 #apple #iphone users in India are reporting contact list search giving results from recent calls list instead ! Please resolve or enable rollback or we will have a similar issue like called failed post #iOS18 roll out! @JoshiPralhad @inidhikhare

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

Thanks @Sonal_MK & @JournoAshutosh for your journalism & taking this up. @CeoNoida @noida_authority are failing the residents @ChiefSecyUP @myogiadityanath @myogioffice
#Noida #biodiversitypark #treefelling

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

Seems #Mumbai toxic #AQI is back, perhaps even worse this year 😷 How are residents coping ?

@malpani @chokhani_manish @pervinsanghvi @JamwalNidhi @Ashish1Nanda @rushikesh_agre_ @TheVishalKay @aavishhkar

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

No wonder, Indians feel what they feel! #vipculture

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

Thank you all for coming together and escalating this issue and to the environmentalist @vikranttongad who filed the complaint and @AshishXL & @AdtAmbrish for @NavbharatTimes taking it up first.

Glad that the Forest department is now investigating the matter. All must continue to stay vigilant visit the park and keep reporting any new tree felling they observe!
@richaanirudh @mukteshchander @LokParitraan @RuchiAngrish @DattaAmeet @DelhiTreesSOS @SahayVineet @speakshoutroar @NotProsaicview @manojgulnar

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

56% of citizens hold banks & financial service providers responsible for leaking their personal data.

50% hold state/local government and central government offices responsible for compromising it.

This is not abstract. SBI has confirmed nearly 3,900 customer records (names, mobiles, addresses, loan details) on the dark web. Lot of citizens hold VAHAN responsible for compromising their personal details as they get pesky calls from insurance brokers & agents

When banks and government databases themselves are the source, citizen data protection fails at the foundation.

What actions are being planned ? @SmalhotraRBI @AshwiniVaishnaw @rbi @GoI_MeitY @SecretaryMEITY @nitin_gadkari @MORTHIndia

@VishnuFNO @malpani @ggganeshh @ikaveri @digitaldutta @ranvijaylive @mukteshchander @speakshoutroar
@tanmoyofc @sudhakarudumula @sphavisha @greatbong @avarakai

#DataPrivacy #SBI #VAHAN

[Sachin Taparia @sachintaparia]

Glad that parliamentarians like @Drajeetgopchade are now picking @LocalCircles data on pain points of consumers and escalating it for action.

Would like to see more parliamentarians follow his lead on various issues pertaining to people…

Here is the full dataset on experience of consumers with airline weighing scales. If you have experienced a discrepancy in weight between weighing scale at home & at airport share your experience…

@VishnuFNO @sjlazars @kaushiks0390 @ikaveri @iamrakeshbansal @ggganeshh

[Transforming Delhi @TransformingD]

Pls confirm @CeoNoida @noida_authority that orders have been issued to stop felling of trees in #Noida #BiodiversityPark

@myogiadityanath @ChiefSecyUP @CAQM_Official @uppcbofficial @DrArun_BJP @moefcc @byadavbjp

@mukteshchander @nisharai_ggc @DattaAmeet @VishnuFNO @AshishXL

[LocalCircles @LocalCircles]

@sachintaparia @molshreelal @Chhabiy @BhavreenMK @vikranttongad @akjain1357 @Sumit29sriv @chhotethakur @dkgautam007 @manojgulnar #Noida #BiodiversityPark #treefelling
@noida_authority must assure citizens of Noida that no further trees will be cut and immediately ensure that park users are not inconvenienced

@VishnuFNO @DattaAmeet @AA_speaks @LokParitraan @mukteshchander @Sonal_MK @AshishXL @snehamordani