‘My family fell sick after 15 days in Delhi’: Ex-DGP says it felt as if they inhaled a 1,000 cigarettes

Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Shesh Paul Vaid has voiced alarm over Delhi’s toxic air, calling it nothing short of a humanitarian crisis. In a post on X, Vaid recently said that his family fell severely ill after spending just 15 days in the national capital. Advertisement

“My family and I returned to Jammu today after spending 15 days in New Delhi, and we are all in bad shape. Severe throat pain, running noses, and a constant burning sensation as if we’ve inhaled a thousand cigarettes,” he wrote.

He went on to highlight the plight of Delhi’s residents who are exposed to such pollution throughout the year. “If this is what short-term visitors experience, imagine the suffering of Delhi’s children, the elderly, and those already living with lung disease,” he ad