Delhi- The air quality hits hazardous levels after Diwali. The level of pollution reached very high.

Delhi’s air quality crossed the hazardous mark on Diwali evening and the morning after with PM2.5 pollution levels shooting to 774.69 at 3 am on Friday. The average AQI for the city touched an alarming 1645 around 1 am. The level of pollution stayed above the hazardous mark across the city with Nehru Stadium, Okhla, and ITO which recorded some of the worst PM2.5 levels.

A plot of the last evening’s AQI for the city showed a steady rise in the level of pollution after 6 pm. The levels dipped slowly after 1 am but this still stayed well above the hazardous levels, but still stayed well above the hazardous levels and was around 1053 at 5 am. People from various parts of the city and its suburbs complained of itchy throats and watery eyes resulting from the polluted air.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s data, the national capital’s 24-hour average air quality index stood at 661 at 6 am on Friday, up from 382 on Thursday. It was 314 on Wednesday, 303 on Tuesday, and 281 on Monday.