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Last Updated:November 22, 2025, 07:52 IST<\/p>\n

Manu Kumar Jain faced severe pollution symptoms during a brief Delhi visit, highlighting the city\u2019s hazardous air and prompting renewed calls for urgent action on air quality.\"Manu<\/p>\n

Manu Kumar Jain faced severe pollution symptoms during a brief Delhi visit, highlighting the city\u2019s hazardous air and prompting renewed calls for urgent action on air quality. (Image: X)<\/p>\n

Delhi\u2019s toxic air has once again sparked alarm, with its hazardous pollution levels affecting everyone from longtime residents to short-term visitors. Among those hit hard is Manu Kumar Jain \u2014 former Xiaomi India head and now CEO of tech group G42, who revealed that just a few hours in the city left him battling classic pollution-related symptoms.<\/p>\n

Jain shared an in-flight photo of himself wearing a mask after he was forced to leave Delhi earlier than planned. In a post on X, he wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cWas in Delhi for a day for some important meetings, and realised how out of practice I am with the air pollution here. Within a few hours, my eyes were watering, my throat was burning, I kept coughing and even had a mild headache. I forgot my N95 mask, and hence the impact was even higher.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI was forced to take an earlier flight back. Experiences like this are a reminder that we still have a long way to go on air quality,” Jain said, adding that he wasn\u2019t blaming anyone in particular.<\/p>\n

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Was in #Delhi<\/a> for a day for some important meetings, and realised how out of practice I am with the air pollution here. Within a few hours my eyes were watering, throat was burning, I kept coughing and even had a mild headache (I forgot my N95 mask, and hence the impact was even\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/GTzszgRMEH<\/a>\u2014 Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite growing up in Meerut and studying at IIT Delhi, a city he says he \u201cfell in love with” \u2014 Jain said this visit hit him particularly hard. The worsening conditions, he added, are a reminder that Delhi still has \u201ca long way to go” when it comes to improving air quality.<\/p>\n

He stressed that he wasn\u2019t blaming any one authority or group: \u201cAll of us are to be blamed for this. But I sincerely hope we can turn this around and make a real change for our kids \u2014 so that they can grow up breathing cleaner air.”<\/p>\n

\u2018If a healthy adult can\u2019t last hours, imagine a child\u2019<\/p>\n

As Jain\u2019s post went viral, hundreds of users echoed his concerns. Many pointed to children as the most vulnerable in Delhi\u2019s ongoing pollution crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a healthy adult can\u2019t last a few hours, imagine what this does to a child who breathes Delhi\u2019s air every single day,” one user wrote.<\/p>\n

Another recounted a similar experience: \u201cI came to India from Australia\u2026 within 20 minutes of a morning walk I was back in my car because my throat was hurting.”<\/p>\n

Several others expressed frustration and resignation, with one commenter saying, \u201cWe can\u2019t do anything because we including our governments are not good enough to know the difference between right and wrong. Nothing substantial is ever gonna happen.”<\/p>\n

Delhi\u2019s Air Emergency<\/strong><\/p>\n

Delhi is currently under GRAP-3 restrictions, which trigger sweeping pollution-control measures. These include:<\/p>\n