New Delhi: Air Quality index is setting all records high and transforming Delhi into the murk. People are tweeting pictures of smog that is spread across the capital city and is reaching to the dangerous level.
The visibility in certain areas is seeing a surge as much as 30 folds the World Health Organization’s recommended limit. US embassy website said levels of pollutant Particulate Matter or PM2.5 that are most harmful to health reached 703, when a 300 is considered hazardous, reports Deccan Chronicle.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared “a health emergency” on Tuesday and urged the government to “make efforts in curbing the pollution”.
People are posting on Twitter, how it looks like to live in Delhi:
Can barely see the tallest buildings in the neighbourhood. #DelhiSmog pic.twitter.com/An6WezksyP
— Anant Prabhu (@indiancounsel) November 7, 2017
Delhi…killing us all softly. #pollution pic.twitter.com/84yjc9LjLt
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) November 7, 2017
A lone bird braves the heavy air in central Delhi this morning. #airqualityindex #smog #Delhi #pollution pic.twitter.com/9XKfTLM4Lp
— Paroma Mukherjee (@ParomaMukherjee) November 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/BBTheorist/status/927775681743765505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-india-41896676
The air pollution in DELHI is alarming and I hope someone is keen on doing something about it. Lives of little children are at risk and this is not the state of affairs we want them to be growing up in. Time for talk is over. Needs some effective action.
— SUHEL SETH (@Suhelseth) November 7, 2017
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Delhi is doomed. #smog #delhiAirPollution #delhipollution
Unliveable city. Why isn't the government stepping in?? @ArvindKejriwal @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/9sdaNlRqAc— Rajat (@RajatVashishta) November 7, 2017
Welcoming the King & Queen of Belgium, now in #Delhi to commemorate Indians who fought in #Flanders, with an atmospheric recreation of WW1. pic.twitter.com/KUvksfOQdu
— Raghu Karnad (@rkarnad) November 7, 2017