New Delhi: With the air quality in Delhi and nearby areas deteriorating with each passing day, an Indian techie living in London has urged people to leave the city at the earliest, even if it meant going into debt. He added that the rising Air Quality Index (AQI) has made it difficult to live in Delhi.

Taking to X, Kunal Kushwaha wrote that he earlier underestimated the pollution in Delhi, but was able to understand the same after breathing fresh air in abroad for some time now. He added that people can be seen walking on roads, in parks without masks.

What Kushwaha wrote on X

"I used to think, how bad can the AQI really be for people in Delhi? I knew it was bad, but I never understood the scale because I didn’t feel it as drastically. I grew up in Delhi, studied here, and never felt a huge difference. You see people on the streets without masks, just walking around, and even people going for morning runs,” he wrote.

Kushwaha added, "But I was wrong. It’s a crisis. And honestly, leaving this city should be your top priority. After living in London for a few years and breathing clean air, the moment I landed in Delhi, I could literally taste and smell the pollution. Even AQI 200 hit me hard: sore throat, and a feeling like needles in my lungs. I could actually feel the pollution entering my body.”

‘Please leave this city for your own sake’

"Please leave this city for your own sake. Buying a property here does not make sense either. Same for Mumbai. If you can, pack your bags and move yourself and your work somewhere else. I’ve cut my trip short and I’m leaving this city tomorrow,” he added, further urging people not to invest in Delhi or Mumbai.