Delhi witnesses worst post-Diwali AQI in 5 years; smog levels off the charts

Delhi's air quality level plummeted to 462 a day after Diwali on Friday after residents flouted the firecracker ban and emissions from farm fires in the region peaked at 36 per cent. The AQI is the highest in five years. As smog partially blotted out the sun in Delhi and residents complained of itchy throat and watery eyes, the city's Environment Minister Gopal Rai accused the BJP of instigating people to burn crackers by linking it to religion.

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