People defending late comers now?
I have sat in 10 competitive exams - add 2 more where I just appeared for recall questions - being late is an excuse barring force majeure.
If gate closes 30 minutes before - you have to be there 1.5 to 2 hours before. Not 30 minutes before.
We defend everything which is wrong and then wonder why our country has gone to dogs.
We have people defending peeing in public. (No toilet nearby)
There was a Rj defending someone peeing in Metro.
People defending littering. (No dustbin nearby)
People defending stray dogs biting children.
People defending pigeons spreading diseases.
When general public is shameless - the politicians too are cut from the same bread. We get what we deserve.
Shortage of gas didn't stop it. India is cooking. Literally.
Delhi hit 50°C. Rajasthan touched 52°C. Odisha went to 53°C. Banda went beyond. Labourers collapsed on roads. Farmers fainted. Old people died in homes with no fans. Children sat in tin-roofed classrooms with wet cloth on their heads.
Drink more water. Add ORS if you can afford. That was it. Oh, and one cooling center in Delhi with staff to wipe off your sweat with towels. That was the full might of the government machinery, its think tank and its policy makers.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister was on his 70-something foreign trip. Playing candy crush. And gifting leaders. Ministers were figuring out how to not offend Trump and his gang. And which vegetarian dishes to include in the menus for visiting dignatories.
Parliament debated about who stood where during some ceremony - not on what happens when India's goundwater runs dry, which at current rates, happens before 2035 in several states. As per some Soros-funded report.
We are used to all this. The heat is not new. It has been building for 30 years. Scientists have screamed. International reports have named Indian cities among the most climate-vulnerable on earth. Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Pune - becoming increasingly unbearable to survive. While mass media kept promoting Melody.
You will not find a single coherent, funded, time-bound national heat action plan. You'll find press releases. Committees. Pilot projects. Newspaper ads. Hoardings. Posters. But zero action.
Forests are being cleared for highways, data centers, smart cities that exist mostly in muted videos. God only knows. The people making these decisions have SUVs, bungalows and ACs at 18°C. The people paying for these decisions carry water in used plastic bottles and sleep on pavements. Concrete pavements. With no shade.
In all the uncertainty around us, there are few things 100% certain. June comes and rivers will overflow again. The same cities that were on fire in May will go underwater in July. Mumbai. Chennai. Bangalore. Gurgaon. The footage is identical every year - cars submerged, families on rooftops, choppers rescuing some villagers, bloated carcasses, snakes in living rooms. Same ministers, same aerial surveys, same promises, same funds - like repeat prime time news. Zero action.
Then winter arrives and the air turns into something you can hold in your hands. AQI crosses 400-500. Same prime time debates - Punjab stubble versus Delhi firecrackers versus vehicular pollution. After 15 years we still haven't figured out even the problem. The solution seems a few centuries away. If we are lucky, then by 2047. Meanwhile, we can watch Arnab shouting from our TV screens. Sheer display of lung power when AQI crosses 500.
What's missing is not knowledge. India has world-class climate scientists. IITs publish excellent research. Down to Earth has data over the years. What's missing is political intention and competence. They do not exist. No, sir.
The citizen, exhausted and gaslit, has done what humans do when institutions fail them completely. Adapted. Resigned. Called it destiny. Blamed it on gods. The earlier ones. And that resignation is perhaps the most dangerous thing - it tells the political class there is no cost to inaction. They can and will continue taking everyone for granted. And keep fudging data to make it look unbelievably good.
In a country riding on heated religious fervour, the man-facilitated failures will be assigned to 'acts of God'. While fellow citizens will continue to master the art of sleeping with eyes wide open.
This is the entry to Block B1 Vasant Kunj in Delhi
It has been illegally blocked by builders who are flouting multiple environmental rules to construct a multi-storey inside an existing colony .
Residents demand the builders to stop work on a Sunday as per society norms.
Builders response : bully and block residents entry .
Police response : can’t help , can’t stop the bully . This is Delhi @DelhiPolice
When you can't build one proper border entry into your capital city, this is what happens.
Commercial vehicles stopped all over the highway, someone is bound to hit them. We will collect the toll, but we won't figure out a way to do it properly.
VIDEO | Woman killed after car crashes into truck at Ghazipur border on Delhi–Meerut Expressway; massive traffic jam reported in early morning.
#DelhiNews
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)
Times of India coverage of Jantar Mantar protests against construction in morphological ridge area of B1 Vasant Kunj https://t.co/FCqlR1q7ug #SaveB1#SaveDelhiRidge
School kids from Masonic Public School Vasant Kunj express their fears for their safety on private skyscraper project on morphological ridge area , just abutting their boundary walls . Plans approved by MCD with no care for safety of school zone (4 schools , 6000 + students in proximity) https://t.co/tpqDZ2h6Qi #SaveDelhiRidge #SaveB1
@Outlookindia covered the protests against project on Morphological ridge area of B1 Vasant Kunj, Delhi . Let us not privatize Ridge for greed. #SaveB1#SaveDelhiRidge https://t.co/fhNtgSygB2
https://t.co/QvI3jB7myo
ABP News coverage of the protest done at Jantar Mantar against private builder's skyscraper project on B1 Vasant Kunj morphological ridge . #SaveB1#SaveDelhiRidge
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RWA B-1 Vasant Kunj is protesting an unethical construction approval on the South Central Ridge — Delhi’s last green lungs.
3 luxury towers (10 floors + 3 basements) have been sanctioned despite violations of environmental norms & the Master Plan.
This threatens:
• Delhi’s AQI
• 5,000+ residents & school children
• Fragile Aravalis (deep digging)
• Water, traffic, emergency access
• Public safety in Seismic Zone-IV
• The remaining Ridge ecosystem
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📅 30 Nov 2025
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माननीय SC और दिल्ली HC में कोर्ट की अवमानना के केस चल रहे हैं, इसके बावजूद आज खसरा 1230/2 B-1 वसंत कुंज में फिर से पेड़ों की बेरहमी से कटाई की जा रही है! ये दिल्ली वालों पर ढाए गए भयानक सरकारी बुरे सपने के पन्ने हैं, जबकि हम प्रदूषित हवा में घुट रहे हैं। वन विभाग GNCTD ने MCD हॉर्टिकल्चर डिपार्टमेंट को एक प्लॉट पर पेड़ काटने की मंज़ूरी दे दी है, जहाँ वन विभाग GNCTD मॉर्फोलॉजिकल रिज पर पेड़ काटने की परमिशन में जालसाजी के केस चला रहा है!! MCD और फॉरेस्ट डिपार्टमेंट, सलाम है: @PMOIndia के "अरावली ग्रीन वॉल" प्रोजेक्ट के सपने के बावजूद दिल्ली रिज और मॉर्फोलॉजिकल रिज साउथ दिल्ली में रिवर्स गियर में ले जाया जा रहा है, जबकि GRAP III में GRAP IV की पाबंदियाँ शामिल हैं और दिल्ली वाले घुट रहे हैं। @mssirsa@byadavbjp@CAQM_Official@gupta_rekha@CMODelhi@moefcc@IndianExpress@timesofindia@ndtv@ZeeNews@ABPNews@nlhindi #SaveB1 #SaveDelhiRidge
Thunder manages to strike twice at same spot in matter of 3 days : trees being mercilessly pruned again today in Khasra 1230/2 B-1 Vasant Kunj despite ongoing contempt of court cases in Hon'ble SC and Delhi HC ! These are pages from dystopian bureaucratic nightmare unleashed on Delhi-ites while we choke on polluted air.
Forest Dept GNCTD has approved MCD Horticulture Dept to cut trees on a plot where Forest Dept GNCTD is pursuing cases for forgery of tree felling permissions on morphological ridge !!.Take a bow , MCD and Forest Dept : the Delhi Ridge and morphological ridge despite PM's @PMOIndia dream of "Aravallis Green Wall" project is being taken in reverse gear in south Delhi while GRAP III has GRAP IV restrictions incorporated and Delhi-ites choke . #SaveDelhiRidge #SaveB1 @mssirsa@CMODelhi@MCD_Delhi@BhavreenMK@ndtv@newslaundry@ZeeNews@timesofindia@IndianExpress@htTweets@the_hindu@moefcc@byadavbjp@CAQM_Official
🚨Railways is planning to introduce a system to ensure that garbage is not thrown onto the tracks from trains and is instead collected and handed over at stations en route.
• @Warriormomsin Thank you for raising this concern. I have taken serious note of the issue regarding the construction activity near the B-1 Vasant Kunj ridge.
I have directed the concerned authorities to conduct an immediate and rigorous inspection of the site to ensure strict compliance with all Environmental Norms for large construction:
* Deployment of Anti-Smog Guns
* Proper covering of all construction material and debris
* Strict enforcement of noise-pollution guidelines
The ridge is Delhi’s ecological lifeline and protecting it is our top priority. I will ensure that residents face no undue dust, pollution or disturbance.
We will follow up with a detailed report after the inspection.
Delhi Govt is committed to real action, not just ‘show’.
दिल्ली सरकार का वसंत कुंज इलाके में प्रदूषण निरीक्षण करना स्वागत योग्य है, लेकिन असली प्रदूषण वहीं हो रहा है जिसे नज़रअंदाज़ किया जा रहा है। B-1 वसंत कुंज की मॉर्फोलॉजिकल रिज पर चल रहा हाई-राइज़ निर्माण पर्यावरण के लिए विनाशकारी है।
सर, जहां 5,000 निवासी और 3,000 बच्चे हर दिन धूल, शोर और जहरीली हवा में जी रहे हों, वहां सिर्फ पानी छिड़काव “समाधान” नहीं, सिर्फ “दिखावा” लगता है।
यदि दिल्ली सरकार वास्तव में पर्यावरण की चिंता करती है, तो सबसे पहले वसंत कुंज इलाके में रिज पर चल रहे इस विनाशकारी निर्माण पर तत्काल प्रभाव से प्रतिबंध लगाना होगा।
दिल्ली के ‘लंग्स’ बचाइए। सड़क पर पानी नहीं — रिज पर हो रहे निर्माण पर कार्रवाई कीजिए। #SaveB1 #SaveDelhiRidge
#SaveVasantKunj #SaveDelhiPeople #DelhiPollution #VasanKunj #NewDelhi @mssirsa@gupta_rekha@official_dda@narendramodi@PMOIndia@Saurabh_MLAgk@Warriormomsin@BhavreenMK@NaghmaSahar@vasant_ranjan@Mrigank_R@vimlendu
1) Last year, I had to get an electricity connection moved to a new name and I refused to apply through an agent and hence, no bribe. I was made to run from pillar to post for a week to get it done. When it finally got approved, the “babu” had the gumption to say, if you had come via an agent, it would have been done in a day.
2) Had to apply for a gas connection to an INDANE outlet, they charged INR 300 as “processing fee” for which no receipt was provided. On refusal, the application was redirected to another center.
3) My wife and I got our marriage registered last month, with a delay I must admit. All the documents were in order and as prescribed on the website. Had to pay INR 5K for the “babu” to “approve” our application and generate the certificate. I paid and got it done within minutes. The lawyer who was assisting us suggested not to refuse, else random objections will come and you’ll have to go through the process several times.
In conclusion, they continue to harass because they know they can, they know there’s no accountability, they know there is no functioning ombudsman’s office to lodge an official complaint, they know their superiors are waiting for their cut and hence, nothing is gonna happen to anyone. It’s in no administrative officer’s interest to provide “corruption free” services to the citizens.
End of story!
Gadkari was once among the most popular ministers in the govt, but that bubble has burst.
Arrogance has taken a toll on his image, and claiming that criticism is merely a “paid campaign” will not redeem him. He isn’t reading the public mood.
Yes, he deserves credit for expanding highways, not quite by global standards, but certainly better than what existed before him. But that achievement is overshadowed by the way he has mishandled policies on vehicles and fuel.
Come on, you are a powerful minister with every tool at your disposal. If you truly believe there’s a paid campaign against you, you can easily order call record and bank transaction scans to prove it. Why aren't you doing that?
People are paying heavily for both vehicles and fuel. They are stakeholders, not enemies. Policies cannot be twisted by personal whims and then criticism dismissed as mere propaganda. If anything, the real paid propaganda was when Instagram influencers were hired to pose as experts and defend E20 petrol.
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