India, Nov. 9 -- Firecracker bursting on Diwali night led to a sharp rise in pollution in Mumbai, with nine of the city's 25 air quality monitoring stations recording poor air quality on Monday morning. Mumbai's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 171 on Monday morning, placing it in the moderate category.

Actor Bhumi Pednekar raised concerns over the deteriorating air quality following Diwali celebrations.

Taking to Instagram Stories, she shared: "Houses have caught fire, the AQI is hazardous, roads are full of waste, its 3 am and all I can hear are loud crackers. Our roads were full of people bursting crackers on them, out in the open, even when it's not allowed. This is heartbreaking. @my bmc (R)mumbaipolice."

She also shared a...