Keeping in mind the deteriorating AQI in Mumbai, the HC had on November 10 stated that bursting of cracker should be allowed between 8 pm and 10 pm on Diwali.
despite administrative efforts to reduce air pollution in nagpur city, the air quality is not up to the mark as per the central pollution control board (cpcb) standards. according to the seven air quality monitoring stations of maharashtra pollution control board (mpcb) in the city, the air quality index (aqi) of nagpur in the month of february was moderate on most days. the only functional continuous ambient air quality monitoring station (caaqms) at divisional commissionerate in civil lines shared the dai