Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 9 minutes ago
Delhi experienced dense smog and hazardous air quality on 9 November after festival firecrackers were burst beyond permitted times.

Category

🗞
News
Transcript
00:00So we decided to find out if there was a comparison between the two nights, eight and nine especially, before
00:06and after the festival.
00:08Delhi residents on the morning of 9th of November this morning woke up to a thick blanket of smoke.
00:13Visibility had significantly reduced across Delhi.
00:16Pollution levels did soar after the celebration, especially because of the firecrackers.
00:20Look at the images on your screen.
00:22October 30th and the 9th of November.
00:25The difference that two to three days, and of course this is over a week now, that did happen.
00:30Firecrackers were burst across several parts of the city, well beyond permitted hours, adding to an already worsened air quality.
00:39AQI in Delhi had slived into hazardous category, fresh concerns about the impact of post-festival pollution on public health.
00:46Look at these photographs.
00:47These are the landmarks of national capital Delhi.
00:50Whether it is the President's Estate, Central Delhi, this is South Delhi, other areas as well,
00:56Toward the Humayi Storm, about what the morning looked like compared to a week back on 30th October.

Recommended