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Dwarka Sector 8 saw widespread breach of Supreme Court firecracker limits on Diwali, with pollution levels surging past safe limits. Residents admitted defying rules for celebration.

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00:00So let's play out those ground reports by Shreya Chatterjee because remember the Supreme Court had said burst the firecrackers
00:06between 8 to 10 p.m.
00:09Were firecrackers burst after that also and to what extent and what happened when Shreya Chatterjee confronted her family asking
00:16them why even till midnight they are bursting the firecrackers.
00:20What did she find?
00:22It's Diwali night and it's way past 11 p.m., way past the time till which crackers were allowed.
00:32But you can hear the noise around me and crackers are still going up, norms are being flouted left, right
00:39and center and it's unfortunate.
00:42But you know, just look at what this AQI monitoring station is clocking right now.
00:47So this is Dwarka Sector 8, p.m. 2.5 level above 1,500, the p.m. 10 level above
00:562,000.
00:57That is something which should scare all of us.
01:01Yes, Delhi was already polluted.
01:04Yes, there are multiple other contributing factors.
01:07But when you know that your city is polluted, you do not do worse.
01:12So you can see that it is way past 11.
01:16This is 11.32.
01:21People are still bursting crackers.
01:25Norms are always flouted and we never see something which is under control or anything which people can actually moderate.
01:35We'll actually ask them that, you know, why are they still bursting crackers after the timeline of say 10 p
01:44.m.
02:13We'll go and ask a few more times.
02:25Citizens say they have every right to celebrate Dipavli the way it has been done
02:28and firecrackers is what is most enjoyed by children.

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