Impact of Diwali and Firecrakers

This is the time that the Air Quality starts deteriorating in the Northern part of India with the advent of the winter season. [...] However, past few years, in view of the increasing pollution in NCR region, the supreme court has placed restriction on bursting of crackers including a complete ban in 2022. [...] The Delhi Government in fact, criminalized bursting of crackers with a 6-month jail and a fine. [...] Hourly City Wise AQI – Table and Chart 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM Korba 166 173 175 139 149 137 138 125 148 268 297 427 374 411 495 431 305 230 183 159 155 191 261 221 167 Delhi 403 406 411 393 364 343 320 288 286 264 261 316 367 456 529 778 543 518 472 418 418 392 384 363 357 Ranchi - - 1165 14. [...] Hourly data trend- selected monitors – 4 monitors at Korba Average Hourly AQI - Selected Monitors at Korba 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM Gudh Deva Station road RSS nagar Hardi Bazaar The data again shows an increasing trend around 6 PM which normalizes aft.