Delhi and its surrounding cities and towns woke up to a smoggy and hazy morning November 5, a day after the national capital celebrated Diwali with almost pre-pandemic like fervour. Here, a Metro train plies over the Noida-Akshardham Link Road at Mayur Vihar Phase 1, Delhi.
Particulate Matter (PM)2.5 in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) at 10.34 am November 5 was seven times the average level of 60 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m³) at 417 µg/m³. On the other hand, PM10 was six times its average level of 100 µg/m³ at 598 µg/m³. Here, a water tank is silhouetted against the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi.
Despite a ban on firecrackers put in place by the Supreme Court in 2019, people in the national capital burst them with gay abandon. Here, two children light crackers in Vaishali in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh.