New Delhi was ranked the world’s most polluted city on Friday morning, November 1, a days after Diwali celebrations pushed air quality to hazardous levels, according to Swiss firm IQAir. Vehicles move on a road amid low visibility due to smog, a day after Diwali festival celebrations, in New Delhi, early Friday morning, Nov. 1, 2024.(PTI Photo/Kamal Singh) Despite a ban on firecrackers, many residents celebrated with fireworks, adding to the thick smog that covered the city. The air quality index reached 388 at Anand Vihar station at 10am, according to National Air Quality Index or AQI by the Central Pollution Control Board. This is categorised as “very poor”, raising health concerns for residents. This has put Delhi at the top of the world’s real-time pollution rankings, according to IQAir. Also read: Firecracker ban flouted; Delhi’s air quality likely to worsen to ‘severe’ Delhi residents defy fire crackers ban Although the Delhi government has enforced firecracker bans during Diwali in recent years to curb pollution, compliance was largely neglected. In most areas of Delhi, the …