This article is trying to blame the Diwali celebration for air quality in New Delhi and it’s bullshit. It’s even got pictures of little girls holding sparklers as if they’re the villains for trying to enjoy a celebration the same way people all around the world celebrate.
Like the article says
On Wednesday, days before Diwali, toxic air pollution in New Delhi surged to more than 30 times the WHO’s recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed.
New Delhi, home to 30 million people, persistently ranks among the world’s most polluted capital cities.
New Delhi had shit air quality before Diwali and it will have shit air quality after. To whatever extent sparklers and firecrackers contributed, this is probably the only contribution to pollution that most residents would support. It’s frankly empowering to see the smog one day of the year and know it was at least in part the result of celebration rather than poverty and poor regulations on usual emissions like every other day.
The headline should be “New Delhi residents seize the smog one day of the year after Diwali celebration, prepare for return of normal smog remaining 364 days”
This is the same logic as “the homeless shouldn’t have phones” and “the poor shouldn’t have TVs”. Poverty doesn’t mean you should lose your ability to seek enjoyment and entertainment.
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I played that MUD when I was kid. This picture makes it difficult to breath but the MUD made it easier to think for decades.
