Schools Closed, But Kids Run Despite Smog? Twitter Calls Out Irony
The irony of NGO Prayas organising a ‘Run For Children’ event in New Delhi – where schools were forced to remain closed for two days due to severe pollution levels – wasn’t lost on Twitter.
The Delhi government on Wednesday, 13 November, had ordered closure of schools till 15 November, a second time in two weeks, after the air quality in the national capital slipped into the ‘severe’ category.
Working for the betterment of disenfranchised and distressed children in India, NGO Prayas was founded by former DGP Amod Kanth in 1988.
Many on Twitter questioned the NGO’s decision to go ahead with the event to mark Children’s Day.
The air quality in Delhi on Thursday, 14 November, slipped into the ‘severe’ category with the AQI being recorded at 460.
The Dwarka Sector 8 air monitoring centre recorded an air quality index of 496 and Nehru Nagar and JLN Stadium 492.
An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’ and 401-500 ‘severe’. The AQI above 500 falls in the severe-plus category.
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