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Delhi smog: #PledgeAgainstPollution trends as air quality still 'severe'

Users tweeted about taking a pledge to make the air fresh and healthier by working together

Vehicles plying at a road in smog, in New Delhi on Wednesday morning. Photo: PTI
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Vehicles plying at a road in smog, in New Delhi on Wednesday morning. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
With the onset of winter, Delhi’s air quality has deteriorated to alarming levels. The noxious smog has left the citizens wheezing and prayingfor fresh air. Citizens have taken to Twitter to express outrage over the poor state of affairs. A hashtag #PledgeAgainstPollution is doing rounds on Twitter where users can be seen taking a pledge to work together to make the air fresh and healthier.

According to a PTI report, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has categorised the air pollution levels recorded in Delhi as "severe”. Pollution hit 70 times the World Health Organisation’s safe level. Doctors have cautioned