Diwali pollution across India 2018

The people staying in New Delhi, the capital city are very fortunate these days.

They get the cleanest air in the country with an Air Quality Index of average 450 and max 999 when the permissible safety limits are 0-50 ..

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 2.5 micron size is 534 and PM10 at 686 .. ie. app 10x the safe limits ..

What a lucky group of people the citizens of New Delhi are, great achievers 👍👍👏👏 

Even with the dirtiest air in the world, they are living happily and with good health, though we are really unaware of the harmful effects of PM2.5 on humans .. 

https://aqicn.org/city/delhi/

PM 2.5 levels (micrograms/Cu.m.) other major Indian cities .. (9 Nov 2018, 10 AM for comparison..)

Kochi 30
Bangalore 136
Chennai 160
Hyderabad 162
Mumbai 214
Kolkata 247
Pune 409
Ahmedabad not available

There was a concerted effort from the Supreme court this year  2018 regarding burning of fireworks only on Diwali day from 8 to 10 pm. It is a great start.  Next year there will be more awareness and pollution levels are bound to come down.  

George