Himachal Pradesh's Air Quality Turns 'Very Poor' In Some Areas Post-Diwali
NDTV
The air quality of Shimla was satisfactory with AQI 66 against 78 last year as the district administration had allowed the bursting of firecrackers from 8 pm to 10 pm only.
The air quality at various places across Himachal Pradesh deteriorated post-Diwali due to bursting of crackers, officials said.
This year the average AQI in the state was at 140 (moderate) as compared to 92 last year.
As per the data from the pollution department, industrial areas in the state recorded air quality ranging between moderate to very poor and Baddi (industrial area) was the most polluted with a "very poor" AQI of 392 followed by Parwanoo at 217, Poanta Sahib at 145, Barotiwala at 139, Nalagarh at 128 and Una at 122.
Rajnath Singh claimed that the number of attacks taking place in the Valley have been reduced compared to the earlier times.
The incident took place in Devra village, Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vivek Singh said.
Somy also spoke about a threat call to Salman Khan on their landline.
A thin layer of smog engulfed the national capital and the AQI was recorded at 296 at 7 am on Saturday.
Flight UK695 from Mumbai to Amritsar has been diverted to Chandigarh due to bad weather and is expected to arrive in Chandigarh, said Vistara.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Khanyar area of the city on Saturday morning.
Eknath Shinde said that Uddhav formed an alliance with Congress against the will of Balasaheb Thackeray just to serve his "personal interests".
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