The High Court and the BMC had last week given permission to burst crackers only for two hours – 8-10 pm – during the Diwali festivities. But it went unnoticed in most parts of the city on Sunday and Monday.
मुंबई में भी खुब हुई आतिशबाज़ी, AQI ‘खराब’, हाईकोर्ट और बीएमसी के वायु प्रदूषण मानदंड धुएं में उड़े
The orders of the Bombay High Court and the arguments of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation were ignored. On Monday, a day after Diwali, Mumbai recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 118, which is considered in the ‘poor’ category.
As per the 6 am reading, the current PM2.5 level in Mumbai was 2.9 times more than the recommended limit of the World Health Organization (WHO) 24-hour air quality guidelines.
The High Court and the BMC had last week given permission to burst crackers only for two hours – 8-10 pm – during the Diwali festivities. But it went unnoticed in most parts of the city on Sunday and Monday.
In many areas, Diwali celebrators started burning all types of firecrackers from Sunday evening itself and continued till the early hours of Monday.
Some of the most affected areas of the city with ‘poor’ AQI include Deonar (157), Bandra East (155), Nerul and Powai (151 each), Bandra Kurla Complex (139), Sion (134), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (127 each), Juhu (124), Vile Parle West (122), Mahape and Siddharth Nagar of Worli (112 each), Bhandup West and Bandra West (107 each), and Malad (105), Borivali East.
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