The decadence of Diwali is over. Now, it’s time for the smog. Come Monday morning, Delhi found itself reeling under the effects of last nights revelries.
PICTURES: Smog dims shine of #Diwali https://t.co/PcV4vUfZoa pic.twitter.com/mGH5KYWpcQ
— Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) October 31, 2016
Needless to say, Tweeples, the good samaritans that they are, were quick to react to the smoky new development. #Smog started trending on Twitter, morning after Diwali, and it is safe to say, people are angry.
Here are some of the best reactions.
A ‘Not So Happy’ Diwali?
This is noida at 6.30 am!! #airpollution #smog pic.twitter.com/tBhcxkcK9y
— nandita kodesia (@nandita_zee) October 31, 2016
Day after Diwali, Delhi reels under blanket of smog #Haryana Safdarjung observatory recorded visibility at 200 met… https://t.co/YZRIWSArjR
— Faridabad Tuitions (@faridabadtutor) October 31, 2016
Not so #HappyDiwali for our lungs.#Delhi #smog #visibility #AirQuality pic.twitter.com/4wqcHa0TOf
— Upmanyu (@upmanyutrivedi) October 31, 2016
#mondaymotivation And you shall #breathe #India despite the #smog. And you shall survive this. For like all evil, this too shall end
— Mohit Yadav, IFS (@mohitfreedom) October 31, 2016
Sale and use of firecrackers likely to be banned in 2017 by the Indian government #pollution #smog
— Siddhartha Dubey (@DubeySiddhartha) October 31, 2016
Choked by #Diwali smog, #Delhi makes a beeline for air purifiers https://t.co/Ut7Eo3wW9A #ZippedNews https://t.co/KS6PqOpc58
— News in Summary (@news_in_summary) November 13, 2015
Many complained about lowered visibility
#Smog enveloped #Delhi as #Diwali firecracker burning pushed the city’s airquality to alarming toxic highs.@htTweets @htdelhi #AirPollution pic.twitter.com/com7vwANRM
— Ajay Aggarwal (@AjayAggarwalHT) October 31, 2016
On any other day, the trees & the distant building are visible
Post-Diwali, smog has enveloped everything#delhi #pollution #smog #smokyair pic.twitter.com/y4DeoCLlEe
— Shatarupa Dhar (@SassyShaina_1) October 31, 2016
toxic haze grips #delhi . time 2 put the #crackers menace to rest and reclaim #Diwali as a festival of lights not #smog & #AirPollution pic.twitter.com/a0hKKH7pJ0
— Medhavi (@medhavi7) October 31, 2016
#delhi #diwali #pollution #smog #zerovisibility #gurugram #terrible #IllitrateIdiots who burst #Firecrackers pic.twitter.com/CCQlGhMDyt
— Ritin Gulati (@Ar_Ritin_Gulati) October 31, 2016
The anger seems justifiable…
When you pollute the nature it backfires. #Delhi #smog
— Sumit Mishra (@inshortsumit) October 31, 2016
Diwali: “festival of increasing pollution”
Well done Delhiites!#delhipollution #Diwali2016
— Jyotika Bhola (@JyotikaBhola) October 31, 2016
#Smog enveloped #Delhi as #Diwali firecracker burning pushed the city’s airquality to alarming toxic highs.@htTweets @htdelhi #AirPollution pic.twitter.com/com7vwANRM
— Ajay Aggarwal (@AjayAggarwalHT) October 31, 2016
Insanity of Delhites; toxic air pollution over health; Delhites forgo the moral right to demand clean air #DelhiPollution #DiwaliPollution
— Sachin (@sachin_joshi) October 30, 2016
#Delhi wakes up to heavy smog post #Diwali. When will we learn to respect and care for the environment? #choking #breathless #pollution pic.twitter.com/p94PTOYR9p
— Geetima Das Krishna (@GeetimaK) October 31, 2016
Some used sarcasm to express themselves
Celebrate #Diwali just like people did in Lord Ram’s time – with obnoxious child-laboured firecrackers and sanskaari smog bc #yolo
— Mmmagaresa (@uditabla) October 30, 2016
#Diwali night burst crackers worth Rs 10-20k each, next day crib about #AirPollution & curse govt. #India #delhipollution #DelhiAir
— Bhavneet (@bhavneetsays) October 31, 2016
RIP Environment, Pollution in Delhi at a lethal level now thanks to all those fireworks and waste burning. #delhi #delhipollution
— thewebdev (@Mohit0496) October 31, 2016
Last night we were 1000 times over the safe limit. #airpollution #delhi #icantbreathe #smog #hazardous #diwali
— Amina Razzack (@AmiRazzack) October 31, 2016
Some political mudslinging of course ensued
Actual deshdrohi are bhakts. Heard sound of crackers till 2:00 am despite SC order. They don’t believe in law of land. #Smog
— दलित एकता (@invincisachin) October 31, 2016
And where is Coughriwal today? #delhipollution
— Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) October 31, 2016
.@narendramodi @PMOIndia @ArvindKejriwal kindly explain why this has happened. #Delhi #Diwali #smog pic.twitter.com/89xjd4WmZE
— Chanakya Bhatia (@Chanakya_Bhatia) October 30, 2016
Our capital is governed by a govt that’s not serious enough to make sure rules are made and followed by the public. #delhipollution
— Ayyuck! (@ay_yuck) October 31, 2016
Many opined that banning fire crackers was the only solution
unless production, sales of polluting crackers are banned,& industries,shopkeepers made accountable, we can live with smog. #delhipollution
— g.arunima (@anuarunima1) October 31, 2016
#delhipollution better to ban crackers and stop this craze of sound and noise pollution. #stupidcitizens
— gaurav (@dimrigaurav) October 31, 2016
And finally, this Tweeple voiced everyone’s concern
We won’t survive! How can we, especially since we burst crackers and spike pollution levels! #delhipollution #DelhiAir #delhi
— mustangmolly (@mustangmolly13) October 31, 2016
Feature Image Source: Reuters/Twitter
