India, Dec. 14 -- A Reddit post declaring that "Delhi NCR is cooked" has gone viral amid worsening air quality in the national capital region.

In the post titled 'Delhi NCR is cooked no point of defending it now', the user shared that he was born and brought up in Noida and has lived and worked across multiple cities, including Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. After spending a week in Pune recently, the user concluded that Delhi NCR is "done" on several fronts - from air quality and safety to food and jobs.

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In the post, the user compared life in NCR with that in southern and western cities, arguing that the region no longer stands out except for "o...