AFC Prakash

Arsenal fanatic, sports fan. Husband and Daughter's Father club member.

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@bajajgeneral I have been trying to understand about my claim.. There is no way I can talk to your CCE due to IVRs only.. This is ridiculous experience..

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@letsblinkit What details do you want?

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@letsblinkit I received a damaged product, reached out to your support team on app and there is no reply... What's happening

[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

[Dezzie... @dezzietheblue]

Say no more… Always been full of Shit.🤣😂😂😂

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@ChrisWheatley City is an honest team..

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@BBCSport OK, great journalism

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@Arsenal

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@SkySportsPL @SkySports Gangs of PGMOL

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@KentROSystems Lol, don't you think calling at this number or emailing to this address is kind of redundant, this is how I got my call registered in first place. Also once your have an active service req, your IVR on that number would not let the customer go to the agent.
I am messaging you

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@KentCustomer @KentROSystems
My service request has been waiting for some attention for more than 24 hours now.
I called aligned engineer, who was scheduled to come around 1PM, I called him he said he cannot come before 4PM. Now he is saying, he cannot come at all.
This is honestly ridiculous experience.

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@IndiaPostOffice @cpmgup
Passport dispatched by @passportsevamea two days back.
Still cannot track it on speed post tracking system.
Can you help?
I have some bad experience with speedpost in recent past. Don't want it to repeat.

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@IndiaPostOffice
Passport dispatched couple of days back, still cannot track status on your site.
Can you help?

I have had pathetic experience with speedpost in recent past.

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@rajeshsawhney Lol, wondering, how did he/she manage to get into your calendar?

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@gautamnpradhan @ganeshsonawane @Razorpay Try @skydo_official
I find them much better and very impressive $ exchange rates.

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@Sports18 I never thought someone can do worse job than @SonySportsNetwk in broadcasting major event like Olympic
But you have done outperform Sony, such a pathetic coverage..
Tumhare hosts ke discussion hi khatam nahi hote, live sports dikhane ka time hi nahi hai..

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

Now this is the Nike add, back to top shelf category.. ⁦@Nike⁩
#Winning https://t.co/llBKBhLcFl

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

@TataPlayin why can't I watch sports18 feed on Tataplay?
Are you not getting feed from @Sports18?

[AFC Prakash @praxsh]

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