This Deepavali, air pollution was higher than last year
The Hindu
PM 2.5 levels averaged 85.72 at Sanath Nagar, which was 72 in 2019 and 64 in 2020
Air pollution was higher on Thursday night than the Deepavali of 2019 or 2020, according to the data hosted on the Telangana State Pollution Control Board website. The ultrafine particulate matter (PM 2.5) levels averaged 85.72 on Thursday at Sanath Nagar while it averaged 72 in 2019 and 64 in 2020 on Deepavali nights.
A ban on regular crackers and limited availability of green crackers did not stop Hyderabad from celebrating Deepavali with gusto and leaving the air unbreathable. It began with an occasional boom that occurred at a distance. Then, the sounds increased as the time between one firecracker explosion and another decreased. By 9 p.m., the air in main thoroughfares and business areas like Panjagutta, Begum Bazaar, Gachibowli, Jubilee Hills, Chatta Bazaar, Ameerpet, and other areas, had a distinct sulphurous smell.
Pollution levels spiked in the two automatic monitoring centres among the four that were functioning on Thursday evening. At the US Consulate monitoring station in Begumpet area, the Air Quality Index hit a peak of 384.
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