Chandigarh, Oct. 23 -- The air quality in Chandigarh deteriorated again on Tuesday night as some people celebrated Diwali and burst crackers. Earlier on Monday, when most of the Diwali celebrations took place, the air quality had deteriorated to the very poor category but improved within hours, as per the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC).

While the maximum air quality index (AQI) data, which was recorded by the CPCC on Diwali, wasn't available for Tuesday night, the 24-hour average AQI values recorded by the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) showed an increase on Wednesday.

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