Poor air quality envelops New Delhi following Diwali festival
An Indian worker sweeps a street as smog envelops a street in New Delhi, the day after the Diwali festival. New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog a day after millions of Indians lighted firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival.
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Indian commuters drive through smog in New Delhi, one day after the Diwali festival shrouded the city in a thick blanket of smog.
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Millions of Indians lighted firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, causing the air pollution to hit a “severe” level.
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Indians walk to work as Delhi traffic police officers manage an intersection enveloped by smoke and smog, on the morning following the Diwali festival in New Delhi.
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Indian people light firecrackers on a street littered with spent crackers during the Diwali festival celebrations near New Delhi. The Ministry of Earth Science stated that the air quality during Diwali celebrations was expected to be more polluted in Delhi than it has been over the last two years.
