Ex-Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi compared the air pollution crisis in Delhi to the COVID-19 outbreak, adding, "Either you're a victim...or you're...a potential victim. "Child is losing school, child is losing playing, and...elders are becoming captive in the houses," Bedi added. She sought the interventions of "top leadership" in the central government and CJI Surya Kant to mitigate the crisis.