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With the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) being engulfed in air pollution again amid the onset of winters, related ailments are also on a rise. Stubble burning in the adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh along with firecrackers during Diwali in the first week, has exacerbated the situation with the Air Quality Index (AQI) touching the highest metric.
In a survey by LocalCircles, 91 per cent of the Delhi residents believed several authorities were completely or partly ineffective in curbing the transportation, distribution and sale of crackers this Diwali season. While Delhi had a complete ban on sale of firecrackers,
