Saiyami Kher slams Mumbai’s worsening air quality, says clean air has become a luxury: "It took me back to the pandemic"

Saiyami Kher expreses concern

• Saiyami Kher voices concern over Mumbai's worsening air quality
• She compares current air to COVID-19, calling clean air a luxury
• Saiyami shifts her runs indoors due to pollution risks

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Actress Saiyami Kher has expressed her concern over Mumbai's deteriorating air quality on social media. The actor also compared it to the COVID-19 outbreak, pointing out that this time, the air is putting life in peril rather than a virus.

Saiyami took to her X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “I started running a decade ago. Every morning, I’d find myself on Carter Road, chasing the ocean breeze. That wind is what made me fall in love with this city and running. I want to feel it again. And dystopian as it is, I put on a mask before lacing my shoes. It took me back to the pandemic. Except there’s no virus in the air endangering our life. The air itself could kill us.”

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She further noted that clean air has became a luxury, adding “I never imagined a day when the very thing we breathe to survive would become a luxury. My doors and windows stay shut. I bought an air purifier. I moved my runs to a treadmill, staring at a wall instead of the sea. And it still isn’t enough.”

She further noted, “Running is the thing that keeps me whole. It clears my head. It heals something in me that nothing else reaches. But now the act I built my life around feels like it’s quietly destroying me. Pollution is undoing what years of discipline and sweat and devotion built, one breath at a time.”

Saiyami concluded her post by writing, “This isn’t seasonal anymore. It shouldn’t be political. But somewhere between the data and the denial, people like me are out there in masks, grieving a morning run, mourning a city we loved. Is basic accountability really too much to ask for?”

However, Richa agreed with Saiyami and replied, “Much gratitude for calling ALL of those who routinely stick their neck out insignificant :) Thankfully one doesn’t need validation from your kind self to feel worthy.”

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She also re-shared Saiyami’s post on X, adding, “The very significant, smart and sweet Saiyami… speaking for all of Mumbai.”

On the work front, Saiyami will be next seen in Haiwaan alongside Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan. The film is said to be a remake of the 2016 Malayalam movie Oppam, which starred Mohanlal in the lead.