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[VP @Vishysays]

That Delhi is toxic is one thing, that kids continue to play outdoors is another. Please spread the word on the adverse effects of air pollution. Information and awareness is key & it's sad to see public ignorance that helps authorities remain indifferent.
#delhipollution

[VP @Vishysays]

Calling out @MCD_Delhi to take measures and spread public awareness so that Delhi's kids don't end up in hospital wards with lung disorders. Families lack awareness, institutions lack infrastructure. Show up and bring dignity to your posts.
#delhipollution
#DelhiAirPollution

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

One day of breathing Delhi’s winter air is equivalent to smoking 23–45 cigarettes.

Understand the scale: this is 23–45 cigarettes every single day for 3–4 months. Even for the rest of the year, people in Delhi NCR inhale pollution equal to around 5–8 cigarettes a day. This will have consequences.

In the short term, cough, throat irritation, breathlessness, eye irritation, wheezing, headaches, tiredness, and more frequent infections. And in the long term, chronic bronchitis, COPD, lung cancer, reduced lung capacity, early-onset asthma in children, etc.

What’s worse is that nothing substantive is happening, as if nobody cares. Yesterday, the Supreme Court also refused to urgently list the case. This angers only the 5% of people who pay taxes, follow rules, get very little in return, and still genuinely want India to do well. The rest are happy with free ration, free water, free electricity, free bus ride and free cash.

So in the short term, use an air purifier as much as you can, and in the long term, plan on settling outside NCR.

[Warrior Moms @Warriormomsin]

Delhi’s toxic air isn’t just choking lungs, it’s harming young brains.
Dr. @GulatiSheffali @AIIMS_INDIA warns that children breathe more air per kg of body weight than adults, meaning their exposure to pollution is higher raising risks of Alzheimer’s like changes & autism :(

What will take our leaders to comprehend the seriousness of air pollution? @gupta_rekha @CAQM_Official

#HelpUsBreathe

https://t.co/BD9EIW5drh via @ankitaup @IndianExpress

[Navaldeep Singh @NavalGeekSingh]

Hey, listen up Delhi NCR.
Talking about the pollution here doesn’t make you negative. It means you care about your country. Ignoring it isn’t patriotism.
Let’s rise above caste, politics and all the noise. Forget about which political party you support. If we love this place, we should be able to talk about what’s hurting it.

[VP @Vishysays]

@ShashiTharoor What even happened to the concept of accountability

[Bharat Chugh @advbharatchugh]

My doctor friends testify, and ET today has also reported,"OPD is flooded with patients. Doctors in Delhi sound alarm bells over rising pollution" .

The issue, therefore, is "urgent" enough.......

[Sanket Upadhyay @sanket]

Message for Noida DM as I drop kids off to school.

While your day begins at 10 or 11 am, poor children have to battle this in the morning.

What’s in your control is shifting classes online. And you haven’t.

Mask up everyone. This isn’t good.

@dmgbnagar

[VP @Vishysays]

@narendramodi Sir, I request you to urge the govt to take pro active measures to reduce pollution in Delhi. No development counts when clean air is a luxury. People are giving in to the ill effects of poor air & I urge you to address this so people don't lose faith in their govt.

[VP @Vishysays]

@bainjal Wonder if they thought this to be a hopeless case🤌🏽

[VP @Vishysays]

@Nidhi Seems like the authorities are undergoing a brain fog. Wonder if they've tried spraying water to show otherwise.

[VP @Vishysays]

It's terrible if survival depends on money and privilege. You got the money to leave? Leave. You got the privilege to remain quiet? Great. Can you afford air purifiers and sit at home? Perfect. Privileged to not take action? Welcome to Delhi! #DelhiPollution

[VP @Vishysays]

I wake up to the shouts of many carrying on with their daily lives, vendors, hawkers. They HAVE to work to fill their tummies. So they sacrifice health, to keep the show running. The lack of accountability from the authorities is sad but not surprising. #DelhiAirPollution

[VP @Vishysays]

In an era of convenient freebie politics I think air purifiers would become the next free thing. I mean, air has certainly stopped being free because the last time I checked, the air in my room was free only if I was willing to take it with a fit of cough! #DelhiAirPollution

[Molitics @moliticsindia]

जाएँ तो जाएँ कहाँ ?
@cartoonistrrs
#BiharElection2025 #DelhiPollution #DelhiAirPollution

[VP @Vishysays]

@abhiandniyu Accountability is a word that people have lost the meaning of, entitlement is all they know. Have an empty cup? Throw it on the road. Want to spit or take a pee? The world is your oyster!
The video right here shows the space outside one of the voting booths in Delhi. Neatly done

[VP @Vishysays]

What did Delhi give me? ft. middle class DU student.
Lets see...a case of typhoid, monthly stomach bugs, lots of air that literally takes my breath away, one heat stroke, the pressure to find DIY remedies to protect the last ounce of health, the wonderful metro and yes, a degree