GURGAON: With unabating pollution in the city and the inability of government agencies to take adequate steps to improve air quality , residents are now seeking divine intervention to purify the air.Some residents performed a ' havan ' (a ritual burning of offerings) on Saturday at Infocity in Sector 33 and offered different items in the fire to please God for purifying the air. They are planning to perform 100 havans in different parts of the city on December 31 by involving a large number of people from different sections of society.“Havan was performed for conservation and protection of the environment and make people aware about pollution and its harmful effects,“ said Pramod Raghav of NGO Niswarth Kadam, who had organised the havan. He said it was also an effort to make people aware about the environment conservation.While the irony of the exercise which entails a degree of air pollution cannot be lost on anyone, the priest who performed the havan said that on the contrary, it actually purifies the air.Upset with the government over its failure to take steps for improvement of air, Sushant Mishra, an IT professional, said, "Now only God can protect us from air pollution. Instead of doing something about it the government is continuing to fell trees."