CitizensForCleanAirBharat

It must take enormous motivation to get ready every morning, commute from Ballabgarh towards Gurugram, arrive at a bus stand like this -and still take out your phone, record it, share it and hope that this time someone will care enough to act. Our dear member Sumit Tayal has been doing exactly that for 3 years. 3 years of documenting and reporting waste dumping and burning. 3 years of raising concerns. 3 years of hoping the civic authorities -including CAQM/CPCB -will hold the local authorities accountable and fix ground situation And yet, here we are. Open dumping. Open burning. Food waste, cups, plates, fruit waste, straws and plastic around vendor stalls. Stray cattle. Open defecation. Road dust. Filth. As Sumit says in the video: “सामने ही पुलिस चौकी और नगर निगम फरीदाबाद का कार्यालय भी है, तब ये हाल है।” The police post is right there. The Municipal Corporation Faridabad office is right there. Then how does this become #normal? @PMOIndia -how does the government expect people to shift to public transport to reduce congestion and emissions when this is what awaits them? We aren’t asking for an airport lounge. We are asking for a decent bus stand in 2026: clean surroundings, functional toilets, drinking water, proper waste collection, source reduction and segregation, a system for vendors to manage their waste, no dumping or burning and a paved, usable approach road. And yes, we have all seen how quickly public spaces can be cleaned and made presentable when a VIP event is expected. So clearly, it can be done. But perhaps ordinary commuters know the truth: #We_are_not_VIPs_But_We_pay_taxes, use public transport and ask for basic civic infrastructure -while being lectured about our bhagidari. @MoolChandSharma ji a bus stand in 2026 should not look like 1426. @VipulGoelBJP ji The SWM Rules, 2026 are in force. Three years of citizen documentation is enough. Please inspect. Please enforce. Please fix. And please tell citizens what action has been taken. Sumit has done his part. Now, who will do theirs? @cmohry @HaryanaRoadways @csharyana @ulbharyana @Haryana_spcb @BallabgarhR @CPCB_OFFICIAL @CAQM_Official #Ballabgarh #Faridabad #HaryanaRoadways #PublicTransport #WasteManagement #SWMRules2026 #OpenDumping #WasteBurning #CleanAirBharat #CivicAccountability #SmartCity @PTI_News @moefcc @MoHFW_INDIA

Dear Minister @byadavbjp ji, Since government pollution-control measures and GRAP restrictions are driven by AQI, the data informing these decisions must be dependable, accurate, complete and transparent. A Hindustan Times investigation raises serious questions: • 42% of expected hourly PM2.5 readings across 39 Delhi stations were missing between 10 PM and 6 AM on Diwali night. • PM2.5 touched 999 µg/m³ at North Campus before readings went blank. • Missing readings on ordinary nights were just 3.9%. • HT estimates Delhi’s 24-hour AQI at 471 after accounting for missing hours, against CPCB’s official figure of 370. What cannot be ignored is the extreme hourly exposure people endured. A better AQI the next morning cannot undo that exposure. Reliable data is the starting point of credible pollution control. Once again, we have been let down. Not by external forces or neighbouring countries, but by our own government and its systems of monitoring and accountability. Health is wealth. Please do not deepen the public’s trust deficit. We witnessed similar monitoring failures during Diwali 2025. A year later, data is again missing during precisely the hours when pollution peaks. How much longer will this continue? This is simply unforgivable. Public health cannot be compromised by unreliable monitoring and a lack of accountability. @CPCB_OFFICIAL @CAQM_Official @PMOIndia @DPCC_Pollution @moefcc @PrinSciAdvGoI @WHO @India_NHRC @LiveLawIndia @barandbench #SCI @Nisheeth_U @VinayakD @htTweets #AirPollution #DelhiNCR #AirQuality #PublicHealth #CleanAirBharat #Jawabdehi #ViksitBharat hindustantimes.com/india-new…

So, was it really about religion, or about protecting a ₹7,000 crore fireworks industry and its 3 lakh jobs?! The Firecracker Sellers Association is celebrating ₹7,000 crore in sales and already setting a target of ₹10,000 crore for 2027. What is being celebrated? Not innovation, cleaner production or a transition to safer livelihoods, but the continued expansion of a hazardous industry. Delhi-NCR was fed the narrative that this was about protecting religion. Once again, faith was conveniently used as a shield for commercial interests. Not a shloka, mantra or prayer in our religious traditions asks us to sacrifice the breath of an asthmatic child, an elderly person or anyone struggling to breathe. And the argument that it is just one day of fireworks? So what if AQI jumps from 300 to 1,100? We will manage! Except Sivakasi and Chennai are not in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The geography and meteorology are different. Coastal sea breezes and rainfall can help disperse or deposit pollutants in parts of southern India. Delhi-NCR, landlocked and trapped in the winter pollution cycle, has no such easy escape. We will instead look to Rekha Gupta and Sirsa for artificial rain, or simply pray for the next 90 days that the smog clears and the damage from particulate matter, toxic metals and other chemical pollutants somehow disappears. But why should we expect divine intervention when we have so completely misunderstood our own prayers? God knows that bursting fireworks is not religion. Protecting Prakriti is religion. Protecting life is religion. We pray for long life, good health and prosperity, yet willingly compromise all three in the name of celebration. Diwali is not pollution. Firecrackers are pollution. Don’t confuse the commercial success of an industry with the preservation of religion. And when the brilliant colours fade, remember the black smoke that millions will be left breathing long after the celebrations are over. And dear Prime Minister, once again, you will be celebrating Diwali away from this airshed. Please do come back. Delhi-NCR could certainly do with your intervention. 🙏 @LiveLawIndia @barandbench @jagdishmamgain @sanjayakmishra @imShashwatAnand @mananverma @CAQM_Official @CPCB_OFFICIAL @AQI_India

Imagine being seriously ill, but having no diagnostic tools ..not even a thermometer to record your temperature. How would you expect a proper diagnosis or treatment plan? Certainly not through intuition alone. Isn’t this precisely what the report exposes? Our cities are sick and need a proper, holistic treatment plan to combat air pollution. But how can we get the diagnosis right, let alone prescribe the right interventions, when the monitoring itself is so inadequate? The Indian Express report reveals that 39 of Delhi’s 87 industrial emission monitoring systems were offline. Of the 48 transmitting data, 26 were violating emission limits. Monitoring of several harmful gaseous pollutants also remains grossly inadequate. How do we control what we aren’t even adequately measuring? indianexpress.com/article/ci… @CAQM_Official @CPCB_OFFICIAL @DPCC_Pollution @moefcc @mssirsa @gupta_rekha @IndianExpress @SophiyaMathew1 #AirPollution #IndustrialEmissions #AirQualityMonitoring #CleanAir #DelhiNCR #Accountability #CleanAirBharat

🚨This is nothing short of a criminal assault on public health! Openly burning waste in a public park is a flagrant violation of environmental laws. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 prohibit open waste burning. CAQM’s GRAP Stage III is in force across NCR. BNS provisions on public nuisance (Sections 270, 292–293) must also be invoked wherever applicable. MCD must hold the area sanitation team and supervisory officers accountable. Do not simply extinguish the fire and clean up. Identify and prosecute those responsible. This incident exposes a deeper failure …we have no effective systems to control pollution at source. Where is the monitoring, enforcement and accountability? @LtGovDelhi @gupta_rekha @mlkhattar @MCD_Delhi @DPCC_Pollution @CPDelhi @DelhiPolice @CPCB_OFFICIAL @CAQM_Official #WasteBurning #GRAPIII #DelhiAirPollution #PublicHealth #Accountability #CleanAirBharat @jagdishmamgain @PrinSciAdvGoI @PMOIndia