People in Delhi woke up to a further spike in air pollution as the city continued to remain engulfed in a blanket of smog post-Diwali
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The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 315 at 9 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 344 on Wednesday and 476 on Tuesday
The air quality deteriorated slightly but stayed in 'very poor' category in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday
Arvind Kumar, chairperson, Centre for Chest Surgery at Sir Gangaram Hospital said the situation will get during festivals
With the festive weekend around the corner, the Air Quality Index in the national capital was in 'very poor' category, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research
New Delhi's air quality was running at levels considered hazardous for three consecutive days earlier this week
The NGT's Delhi bench had on November 9 passed an order banning the use of firecrackers
The move faces criticism for being too Delhi-NCR centric and an attempt to usurp rights of state governments
The Delhi government had on November 5 banned the sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers in the city till November 30
It also asked the governments of Punjab and Haryana to take immediate stringent actions
Delhi witnessed six "severe" air days on the trot till Tuesday. It had recorded seven "severe" air days in November last year
This is the sixth "severe" air day on the trot in Delhi
Delhi government is running the 'Red Light Campaign' to put a check on the toxic emissions
The smog reduced the visibility to merely 300 meters in the morning affecting traffic, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said
PM 2.5 and PM 10 were the prominent pollutants in these neighbouring cities of Delhi
The panel also called for encouraging "coal-using industries in NCR to minimize the use of coal in the coming months"
The national capital's air quality remained severe for the fifth consecutive day, with calm wind speed exacerbating the effect of stubble burning
Delhi's air quality deteriorated to 'severe' category as Punjab and nearby regions recorded the highest number of stubble burning incidents this season, officials said
The national capital's air quality was recorded in the "severe" category on Saturday morning as farmers in Punjab and nearby regions continued to set their fields on fire to clear crop residue