The air quality of Delhi has deteriorated alarmingly in the past few years. We have increasingly created an environment that is toxic and hazardous for us and our children. A decade ago, one couldn't have imagined that in 2016, it's going to be difficult to breathe in Delhi.

If such a state of affairs continues then this city has no future. Delhi looks like a Holocaust city, smog enfeebling the sun to a blur, lungs coughing; the haze enwrapping the city in a heavy, dark, deathly gloom.

I hope, we the people of Delhi, along with the Government of Delhi and Government of India, can change this state of affairs. And whatever needs to be done for that - from banning or streamlining truck/lorry/heavy transport movement in Delhi, to bringing strict norms to reduce traffic; to banning/relocating polluting industries and more.

Remember a country, a nation, a people, a city cannot survive and prosper if they don't have VISION - An eye on the FUTURE, along with a happy, clean, safe NOW. If we cannot provide a safe, clean, prosperous and pollution-free environment for ourselves and the generations to come then all we are doing is to contribute in a collective suicide.

I hope we can wake up!

Pallavi