This is not just smog, it is an alarm of our declining age, the heart-wrenching truth of Delhi’s pollution:

News India Live, Digital Desk: There is difficulty in breathing… there is a burning sensation in the eyes… but who cares now?” These words tell the story of the helplessness and anger not only of one person, but of millions of people living in Delhi today. Like every year, this year too Delhi has become a ‘gas chamber’, where breathing feels like a punishment. But this time the patience of the people seems to be breaking.

If you ask an old man who goes out for a morning walk on the road, he says, “Son, it has been ten years since we have been suffering from this poison. Governments come and go, our age keeps decreasing.” Their pain is clearly visible. The situation is that about 69 percent of the families of Delhi-NCR are suffering from some health problem related to pollution. Someone has a sore throat, while someone’s eyes are not stopping watering.

Anger on the streets, attack on health

The situation has become so bad that now people are forced to protest at places like India Gate. “We are dying here and the government is hiding the figures,” one protester said, indicating that people have lost faith in the system. Pollution is no longer just an environmental issue; It has become a health emergency. Doctors say that the number of respiratory patients in hospitals has increased. Pollution is no longer limited to just the lungs, it is affecting the heart, brain and even kidneys. According to a report, this poisonous air is the cause of one out of every 7 deaths in Delhi.

struggle of common life

Be it a mother of school-going children or a young man leaving for office, everyone is worried. One woman said, “The concerns about children’s health are consuming us. Every third child has weak lungs.” People go to work, but feel tired and irritable due to lack of oxygen in the body.

Governments make big promises every year, from anti-smog guns to water sprinkling on roads, but the ground reality remains the same. A citizen said, “This is not a political matter. This is a matter of clean air, which is our constitutional right.”

This poison mixed in the air of Delhi has now become a bitter part of people’s lives. People are now tired of waiting for a solution and are just saying – “Someone should listen to us, because the breaths are now responding.”