Paraali/Stubble burning is the only reason. Whoever says otherwise either doesn't live here or don't know how these politics work.
Nobody gives a sh"t be it any party, so unless they start taking accountability, we're gonna see the same stuff every year.
The government doesn't want to make the farm Bros mad. So the rest of us have to suffer.
The crop waste and dry leaves burning has begun.
I go for an evening walk at an empty under construction flyover(for silence) near the yamuna floodplains in the evenings. There's a whole lot of illegal farms and this is just one of them burning. Come sunset the visibility drops to near zero because of all the other farms burning their crap.
Not discrediting the industrial and vehicular pollution at all, but this just goes to show how much it happens.
During peak winters, I've seen this endless smog even after heading 150km north of Delhi.
People have this weird notion that Delhi/Gurgaon isn't safe and that the folks here are as warm as an ice cube in Antarctica. Can you believe that? This narrative has been doing the rounds for so long that it's starting to affect the mig...
Kaun se bubble me ho student? Golf course road pe rehte ho aur kaam karte ho / college jaate ho? Reminds me of V...
Whatβs happening? From the past few days my asthma is getting triggered.
Suggest some good air filters as well!
Curious how you folks tackle it. Iβm almost allergic to this, and makes my life miserable at this time of the year.
Air purifiers? No stepping out? Windows shut? Would be helpful to know