Environment minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that Delhi's air quality had deteriorated due to a surge in farm fires and some people bursting firecrackers on purpose on Diwali despite a ban on it. He alleged that the BJP made people burst firecrackers on Diwali on Thursday. Rai said Delhi's base pollution has remained the same. Only two factors have been added firecrackers and stubble burning. The minister said the number of farm fires has risen to Three Thousand Five Hundred and its impact is visible in Delhi. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR, stubble burning accounted for 36 percent of Delhi's PM 2 point 5 on Friday, the highest so far this season. On Thursday, farm fires accounted for 25 percent of Delhi's PM 2 point 5 pollutions. Last year, the share of stubble burning in Delhi's pollution had peaked at 42 percent on November 5. In 2019, crop residue burning accounted for 44 percent of Delhi's pollution on November 1. The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi's concentration was 32 percent on Diwali last year as compared to 19 percent in 2019. A thick layer of acrid smog engulfed the Delhi-N C R region on Friday following the rampant bursting of firecrackers on Diwali night amid a rapid increase in fumes from stubble burning.
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