Anbarasan Etirajan

Eli was the best husband.

The best father.

The best son.

We all lost a son.

When you wake up early in the morning, if you want to go for a walk, you breathe in the smoke-filled air, and that irritation goes down your throat, and then you feel it.

And after five minutes, some people might start coughing.

And especially for children, it is really, really bad, because if you talk to many hospitals...

what they say, the number of people, the number of children who come in, because they have the immunity slowly building up for them.

And when they breathe this air and their respiratory organs, they have, especially those with asthma and other conditions, they really suffer.

And that's why the percentage of children getting admitted to hospital

goes up during the winter time.

That's why the government, the local government, has now introduced the highest level of response, Grade 4, by banning older vehicles like diesel vehicles coming into the city, number one.

Number two, now they're asking or ordering government and private offices to limit the number of staff coming to work so that 50% can work from home so that they don't have to bring their own cars or other means of transport to come into the city.

And the construction activities have already been suspended in and around the city.

And also classes for school children moved to online, partially like a hybrid example.

But this is not going to reduce the pollution problem because this is winter, this is an annual problem.

But the dense air traps all the pollutants and also there is a change in wind direction and also the humidity level.

That is trapping these pollutants and that is why you see a surge in terms of pollution level in the past week, really worrying many residents of Delhi.

Even many people leave Delhi and go to places like Goa or to the south to escape this period because the children are really suffering.

If you look at the figures given by the Pakistani military, the numbers do not add up. We're talking about 440 passengers. The suspicion is that many of the militants could have escaped, taking some hostages with them.