Himachal Pradesh’s air turns ‘moderate’ this Diwali

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Air quality across Himachal Pradesh deteriorated on Diwali this year, with the state’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) rising from 99 last year to 123, pushing it from the ‘satisfactory’ to the ‘moderate’ category. The increase was recorded across most monitoring stations, with 10 of the 12 locations reporting higher pollution levels than during last year’s festival.