Overview
- Actress Vaani Kapoor posted on Instagram that she woke up in New Delhi to an AQI reading of 447 on Diwali morning.
- Press reports cited environmentalist Sunil Dahiya saying air quality had been relatively low before rising after firecrackers were burst.
- Dahiya claimed some local readings soared to 900–1000, describing extreme short-term spikes in several areas.
- He alleged that banned crackers were used and that the Supreme Court’s order on permitting only green crackers was not followed.
- Coverage noted broader public concern over deteriorating air quality in major cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, with no separate official validation cited in these reports.