Delhi’s air quality reached alarming levels on Diwali night, far beyond safe limits. The day after the festival, the city, already dealing with toxic air even before the celebrations, woke up to zero visibility in the morning, with the average AQI reaching 346, categorized as ‘Very Poor. Yet, at the very moment when tracking this dangerous spike should have been a priority, many of Delhi’s air monitoring stations went offline

Data goes missing as pollution peaks in Delhi

According to a report from The Times of India, at RK Puram, the PM2.5 level reached 1,476 micrograms per cubic metre around midnight. Strangely, the data from this station disappeared from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) website for five hours. By 6 am, data resumed showing a slight decline at 1,187 µg/m³.

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