A drone camera navigates a blanket of toxic smog covering the Indian capital of Delhi on Monday morning (9 November) after vibrant Diwali celebrations over the weekend.
The footage, which weaves around cities and roads, shows a thick quilt of grey hanging over the city amid reports of air quality index crossing the ‘hazardous’ 2000 mark, according to India’s Central Pollution Control Board.
The figure comes after firecrackers lit up the skies during the Hindu festival of lights, despite restrictions on fireworks, consolidating dangerously high pollution levels in the city.
By releasing smoke and fine parcticulate matter into the atmosphere, the pyrotechincs have left residents gasping for breath during an already intense seasonal air pollution crisis.
