There is no doubt that Delhi is choking at the moment due to the yearly crop burning rituals. The air quality of the national capital has touched new lows in November. The pollution has now reduced visibility and is dismally increasing pollutants in the air that people residing in Delhi are breathing all day long.

After months of clean air and blue skies, Delhi is back to being the smog capital, where haze and pollution are ruling our lives. The fact that the wind speeds in the capital and neighboring cities of the National Capital Region dropped to the lowest speed of 5kmph in the early hours of Monday led to accumulating pollutants near the surface.

All the governments have failed us. #DelhiAirQuality #DelhiPollution pic.twitter.com/iF15XjSFhc

— alok singh (@AlokReporter) November 10, 2020

According to (SAFAR) System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research and India Meteorological Department (IMD), the air quality will be in the same position till Wednesday. They said,  “The winds have been calm since Friday evening and in a Northwesterly direction.”

SAFAR also said, “Fire from paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana accounted for 38% of the PM 2.5 pollution in Delhi’s air. The percentage share of smoke in Delhi’s air translated to a pollution load of about 140 ug/m3.”

The #DelhiAirQuality was deteriorated not because of burning crackers by from burning of Parali in agriculture field since decades.But despite curb on them they always ban crackers on our festival deewali

This shows how indifferent govt towards root cause of problem of pollution pic.twitter.com/gQ10XESi4i

— Dhruv bharti (@YbHacker) November 10, 2020

Now, social media has been flooded with people pleading to the concerned authorities to take action and initiative against this yearly menace that happens every year.

Here’s what they have to say-

A tale of the same city: Picture on the left was taken on 1st September and the one on the right was taken today.#DelhiPollution #DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/cgUb4qy0q9

— Shubhrata Prakash (@shubhrata_p) November 9, 2020

“Beyond Index”

This is not a meme, it’s an actual screenshot

My sympathies with Delhi folks. Stay safe. Mumbai - is still “unhealthy” - nothing to gloat about...#DelhiAirQuality #DelhiPollution #Delhi pic.twitter.com/MF4T8EZY2o

— Mihir Vora (@theMihirV) November 10, 2020

The kind of air we should be breathing vs what we are taking in now #DelhiPollution pic.twitter.com/8h3DLZkU7t

— Debarshi Dasgupta (@sanitydurast) November 9, 2020

Air Pollution in Delhi NCR. 5:00 a.m 10/11/2020 pic.twitter.com/CBfbXx3XFO

— Observer (@Observe31184714) November 9, 2020

people in delhi to each other in standing 2 feet apart pic.twitter.com/IKil1L1jB9

— Akshar (@AksharPathak) November 9, 2020

Delhi pollution right now!!#DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/YdvaJ7cTNK

— Ssrfan (@Ssrfan478780364) November 5, 2020

#DelhiAirQuality#DelhiPollution

Story of every winters :

> Irritation In Eyes
> Breathlessness
> Sore/Itchy Throat
> Low visibility due to smog

Delhiites be like : pic.twitter.com/mZOsPc6UwV

— Namrata (@Just_Anoth_Girl) November 10, 2020

The pollution in Delhi is bad. Really, really bad. pic.twitter.com/2U3ShcJJp2

— Sarthak Bhardwaj (@sarthakk_20) November 9, 2020

Pollution peeping inside the homes of people in Delhi : pic.twitter.com/vpujMFoIxW

— Dhawan Cricketer (@DhawanCricketr) November 9, 2020

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