Image Credit: Rajesh Mehta/TNN ( Krishna Nagar in east Delhi)
Image Credit: Tarun Rawat/TNN (Krishna nagar in east Delhi) The district magistrate (East), in an order, permitted the bursting of green firecrackers only on November 7 and 8, between 6 am and 7 am and 8 pm and 10 pm. The court prohibited the bursting of firecrackers within 300 metres of hospitals, nursing homes, health centres, old-age homes, educational institutions and other notified silence zones. The air quality monitoring station at ITO recorded an AQI of 406 at around 4.20 am, placing it in the ‘severe’ category, according to the CPCB. Rajiv Chowk registered an AQI of 381 at 1.30 am, while the area surrounding South Extension recorded an AQI of 360 at 4 am. (With inputs from PTI) You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Delhi | Silver Rate in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi | Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Petrol Price in Delhi | Diesel Price in Delhi | CNG Price in Delhi | LPG Price in Delhi Stay updated with the latest Delhi news.
However, residents reported firecracker use in outer Delhi’s Pitampura and Burari, with the intensity particularly high in Burari. To enforce the restrictions, the administration had also announced joint patrolling and enforcement teams comprising district officials and Delhi Police personnel to check the unauthorised sale and use of prohibited firecrackers.
A thick blanket of smog engulfed several parts of the city, reducing visibility and pushing pollution levels into the ‘severe’ category at some monitoring stations, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Similar reports emerged from Mayur Vihar, while people in the Bishambardas Marg area and Lutyens’ Delhi said fireworks continued, although the intensity had reduced slightly as the evening progressed. NEW DELHI: Despite restrictions on the sale and use of firecrackers, several parts of Delhi witnessed fireworks late into Sunday evening as residents celebrated Diwali. From outer Delhi’s Pitampura and Burari to Mayur Vihar and the upscale Lutyens’ Delhi, reports of cracker-bursting continued to emerge, even as the national capital’s air quality deteriorated sharply in the early hours of Monday. Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi government had appealed to residents to comply with the Supreme Court’s directions on the sale and use of green firecrackers. Only CSIR-NEERI-certified green firecrackers were permitted for sale. The administration had directed that these be sold exclusively at locations designated by the Delhi Police. Visibility was significantly reduced in several areas, including around Inderlok, as pollution levels climbed. Several other key areas in the capital continued to record ‘very poor’ air quality. Download the TOI App.
Image Credit: Tarun Rawat /TNN (Mayur Vihar) The celebrations were followed by a deterioration in air quality, with several parts of the national capital waking up to thick smog on Monday morning.
