Delhi Air Pollution: Delhi-NCR AQI turns ‘very poor’ as city wakes up to toxic smog post-Diwali

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) in several areas of Delhi dipped into the 'very poor' category on Friday morning. 

However, as wind speeds increased later in the afternoon, the AQI slightly improved. Delhi's AQI improves 2 days after Diwali, overall AQI remains 298 while improvement has been recorded in other areas as well.

Anand Vihar 383
Ashok Vihar 331
Bawana 319
Burari 318
Alipur 301
Dwarka 310
IGI Airport 342
Jahangirpuri 311
RK Puram 346
Rohini 311
Sonia Vihar 328
Wazirpur 325

Earlier on Thursday, despite a ban on firecrackers, thousands celebrated Diwali, lighting up the sky in Delhi. Firecrackers were let off in a number of east and west Delhi neighbourhoods, including Lajpat Nagar, Kalkaji, Chhatarpur, Jaunapur, East of Kailash, Saket, Rohini, Dwarka, Punjabi Bagh, Vikas Puri, Dilshad Garden, and Burari.

The Sameer app, which provides hourly updates of the National AQI published by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), states that at 9 p.m., Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was 327, with "very poor" air quality reported in Alipur, Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Aaya Nagar, Bawana, Burari, Mathura Road, IGI Airport, Dwarka, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, Narela, Patparganj, Rohini, Shadipur, Sonia Vihar, Wazirpur, Mandir Marg, Nehru Nagar, Najafgarh, and other weather-monitoring stations.