Why Delhi's Major Air Quality Stations Stopped Showing Data On Diwali Evening

Diwali is synonymous with pollution for Delhi-NCR. Despite regulations and instructions by the Supreme Court, the implementation of the strict guideline went in the air like the smoke which was polluting Delhi.

In such a scenario the responsibility of the bodies which are looking after the pollution control increases manifold. But, as there was no one to stop the firecrackers in Delhi, similarly, it seems the agencies were either ill-prepared or just not quite transparent about providing the Diwali pollution data.Many areas of the national capital were many times above the accepted pollution levels.

Areas like RK Puram and Nehru Nagar near Lajpat Nagar were most polluted till 9 PM. 'The real-time data was working well and showing how the pollution graph was going sharply northwards in all these areas.