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Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with great pomp in the country. People are bursting crackers at the top of their lungs. Diwali is also celebrated in Delhi. But due to the burst of fireworks at night, the air of the national capital Delhi became extremely poisonous. Delhi’s air quality index has reached the very poor category. There is fog everywhere. At 11 pm, the air quality index of many areas of Delhi, including Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Pusa, Srinivaspuri and Anand Vihar, reached between 500 and 900.
Apart from Delhi, Diwali firecrackers have polluted the air in NCR areas. Vasundhara of Ghaziabad, Sanjay Nagar, Sector-116, Sector-125, Sector-62 of Noida reached the red zone. At 11 pm the ICA here was recorded in the poor to very poor category. The air outside is still extremely polluted. It doesn’t seem to get better until morning.
air poisoned by firecrackers
The air in Delhi remains poisonous since Dussehra. The air quality index remains in the poor category. The situation improved slightly two days before Diwali. But the fear of an AQI hike on Diwali came true. Jahangirpuri area in Delhi has been severely affected due to pollution caused by firecrackers.
The air becomes dangerous in these areas of Delhi
According to aqicn.org, the AQI of Jahangirpuri was recorded at 999 at 11 pm Apart from this, 807 in RK Puram, 800 in Pusa, 709 in Srinivaspuri, 600 in DITE Okhla, 534 in Dr Karni Firing Range area Singh, 512 in Mother Dairy Plant Padparganj, 408 in US Embassy in New Delhi, 434 in Anand Vihar and Satyawati College 403 AQI were registered. All these figures are shown on aqicn.org.
Ghaziabad-Noida Red Zone Areas
According to aqicn.org, the air quality index reached 999 at 11 pm in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad. AQI 566 was registered in Sanjay Nagar. Apart from this, the AQI reached 961 in Noida Sector 116, 846 in Sector 125 and the air quality index reached the very poor category of 958 in Sector 62.
