Screengrab of the viral video.
Credit: Reddit
Amid the rising pollution topped by low visibility and toxic air in the Delhi NCR region, a recent incident has come to light where a wedding procession (baraat) burst firecrackers. The video of the incident has since gone viral.
The firecrackers shot up in the sky, releasing a heavy amount of smoke, further polluting the air, making it even more hazardous.
The post shared on social media platform Reddit read "AQI is 999 and people are bursting crackers in Gurgaon?! What even is happening rn".
Owing to the current condition of the national capital, several users were angered by the action of bursting firecrackers in an already toxic environment and the video received a lot of backlash online.
A comment on the post read, “To understand the seriousness of such situations people need to have brains! Which obviously lacks in such people.”
Another user mocking the incident said, “They are celebrating 1000 mark of AQI in gurgaon. Feat never achieved before by any global city!”
“It's like celebrating halloween with zombie themed decorations on house while an actual zombie apocalypse is going on,” writes another.
Another comment read, “Nobody is doing anything for pollution. People usually get married once in a lifetime, why would they bother about others? We as a society failed. Now stop the fuckin moral policing and let people enjoy the rest of their small life left after inhaling this air.”
Delhi-NCR has been grappling with severe air pollution issues for over a week now. The state government has been coming up with various methods to bring the situation under control.
The city’s air quality improved slightly but still remained "very poor", as it recorded the season's lowest temperature on Thursday morning.
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 10.2 degree Celsius, 2.1 notch below the season’s average, the India Meteorological Department said.
(With PTI inputs)