A number of locations in Haryana reported air high quality index (AQI) within the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ classes on Diwali night time on Thursday.
Many locations in Punjab in addition to within the Union Territory of Chandigarh reported air high quality index within the ‘poor’ class.
As of 11 pm on Thursday, the AQI in Gurugram in Haryana was recorded at 322, 336 in Jind and 306 in Charkhi Dadri, in line with the Sameer app that gives hourly updates of the nationwide AQI revealed by the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB).
Amongst different locations in Haryana, as of 11 pm, AQI in Ambala was recorded at 201, in Bahadurgarh it was 292, Bhiwani 278, Ballabhgarh 211, Faridabad 245, Kurukshetra 270, Panchkula 220, Rohtak 222 and Sonipat at 258.
Chandigarh’s AQI was recorded at 239 as of 11 pm on Thursday.
In Jalandhar, the AQI at 11 pm was 256, whereas at Ludhiana, it was 234, Mandi Gobindgarh 266, whereas Patiala recorded an AQI of 244.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, 401 and 450 ‘extreme’ and above 450 ‘extreme plus’.
In the meantime, Diwali was celebrated with nice fervour, gaiety and enthusiasm in Haryana and Punjab on Thursday. Candles, diyas (earthen lamps) and electrical lights dotted homes as individuals exchanged sweets and presents on the event and burst firecrackers.
The authorities granted permission to burn solely “inexperienced crackers” for a restricted time frame on Diwali day.
In Chandigarh, the dual capital of Punjab and Haryana, use of solely inexperienced crackers was allowed inside a delegated time restrict between 8 pm and 10 pm.
Nonetheless, in lots of elements of Chandigarh, individuals continued to burst firecrackers properly previous the ten pm restrict.
The Punjab authorities just lately mentioned that solely inexperienced firecrackers shall be allowed throughout pageant celebrations for Diwali, Gurpurab, Christmas and New 12 months’s eve.
Solely inexperienced crackers, that are free from barium salts or compounds of antimony, lithium, mercury, arsenic, lead or strontium chromate, had been permitted on the market and use in Punjab, an official assertion launched earlier mentioned.
