As Delhi AQI becomes severe, memes about it are doing the rounds on social media

As Delhi's air quality continues to deteriorate to 'severe' in the last few days and has resulted in people suffering from severe health problems, many decided to take to social media to make jokes t lift people's spirits about the issue.

A number of memes have made their way onto the internet with the intention to make your 'online life' less gloomy while dealing with these gloomy weather conditions. People of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) complained of choking and 'eye burning' due to smog and air pollution leaving people gasping for breath.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday also announced that primary schools in Delhi will be shut from tomorrow till the pollution situation improves. While Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai announced mandatory work-from-home for fifty-percent Delhi government employees.


On Friday during the corresponding morning period, the AQI of the capital city was recorded at 472. Also, areas in the national capital region (NCR) area - Noida and Gurugram at 7 am this morning recorded an AQI of 529 and 478 respectively both in the highly toxic 'severe'.

Dhirpur in West Delhi recorded an AQI of 534.

On Friday, SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research) said that stubble-burning accounted for 34 per cent to Delhi's particulate matter (PM) 2.5 pollution.

Have a look at some of these hilarious memes:
















These are only a few of the many memes made about the situation.