Noida / Ghaziabad: Cracker Flout tires, combined with cases of burning arrears and meteorological factors, leaving their traces in every corner and corner of Noida and Ghaziabad on Diwali and the next day.
In both cities, Aqi jumped to a worrying level.
Track the level of pollution in your cityaccording with data sourced from the Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB), Noida’s AQI touched the “severe” category for the first time this season in Diwali.
On November 3, the city has recorded AQI 353 (“very poor”), which increased to 419 (“severe”) in Diwali and 470 (“Severe”) on Friday.
In Ghaziabad, Aqi was 431 at around 6pm on Diwali and rose to 443 at 11pm, when crackers outbreaked at its peak.
“What else can be the main reason but crackers? The wise cracker tire of the district goes up with smoke and everyone explodes crackers openly.
The result is that everyone sees,” said Vikrant Sharma, a ghaziabad-based environment lover.
Citing CPCB data, Sharma said PM10 and PM2.5, a large pollutant, saw a sharp surge on Thursday night and reached a maximum of 500 in Ghaziabad around 11pm.
Noida is no better.
Almost all stations in the city recorded Aqi 500 after 10pm, Thursday, which floated around the same level until Friday.
Five hundred is the maximum recorded by the CPCB monitor.
So, even if AQI is worse, there is no size.
Around Friday afternoon, the value of several pollutants such as carbon monoxide began to reduce marginal.
However, PM10 and PM 2.5 levels are still high until Friday night.
“So, technically, the PM10 and PM2.5 levels have touched a total of 1,000 total in Ghaziabad,” Sharma said.
The open flout of the prohibition of crackers points to a lack of enforcement by various institutions.
In a recent article, TOI has highlighted how firecrackers were sold in stalls in Noida and Ghaziabad, stored between Diyas and colorful lights for Diwali.
Some dealers also accept orders on WhatsApp and send crackers to the house or customer selected place.
An official from the Ghaziabad Administration admitted the lack of enforcement of firecrackers.
“Local police station and even senior administrative officials as representatives to ensure Cracker’s prohibitions are enforced, but failed clearly.
We have identified the community where crackers are burned.
Actions will be taken after we get a report from each police station,” the official said.
However, officials on pollution control boards, however, claim there are reasons other than crackers for setbacks in air quality.
Officials also appointed several cases that burned arrears in the nearest countries.
Utsav Sharma, Regional Officer of the UPPCB, also blamed the conditions of unfavorable meteorology.
“There is no doubt that the prohibition of crackers is not implemented properly on the night Diwali, causing levels of PM10 and PM2.5 to see a sharp spark.
But it’s not just crackers.
Calm down wind, low temperatures and high mixing high also contribute to the applicable conditions, “He added.
The AQI level in both cities records a type of record.
Noida’s Aqi of 470 on the day after Diwali was seen worst by the city in three years.
On Diwali Day in Ghaziabad, the average AQI 419 was also the highest on that day in three years.
Station-wise, Loni recorded a “severe” Aqi for 6 pm on Thursday to 6 in the morning on Friday.
Aqi Loni jumped from 477 at 6pm to 482, only two hours.
But in 2020, Aqi Ghaziabad on the day after Diwali 448, surprisingly lower than 456 days earlier.
Restrictions because the celebration of the pandemic and redam is seen as a reason for this.
In Noida, AQI is the average data collected in four monitoring stations located in sectors 1, 62, 116 and 125.
The numbers recorded in sector 125 are one of the lowest since the area is rarely inhabited.
Meanwhile, stations in sector 1 and 62 usually have a higher AQI level because of the population and solid industries.