Tech entrepreneur and former Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain shared his struggle with Delhi’s toxic air, saying he was forced to cut short his visit after experiencing severe discomfort within just a few hours.

In a post on X, Jain said that he had travelled to the capital for important meetings but realised how “out of practice” he was with the pollution levels.

“Within a few hours my eyes were watering, throat was burning, I kept coughing and even had a mild headache,” he said, adding that he had forgotten his N95 mask, “and hence the impact was even higher.”

It was personally painful, Jain said, explaining that he grew up near Delhi-NCR in Meerut and studied at IIT Delhi. “I love this place — its energy, people, food, and so much more,” he said.

The entrepreneur, thus, said that t

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