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Capital sees three-fold deterioration in AQI, noise pollution surge
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|October 22, 2025
THE state capital witnessed a threefold deterioration in air quality on Diwali on Monday as people burst firecrackers till late in the night, violating the two-hour limit set by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB).
This apart, the city also witnessed large-scale noise pollution during the night as noise levels too, breached the norms and value -Leq dB(A) at multiple locations.
A thick layer of smoke enveloped the city skyline in the night following Diwali celebrations, pushing the capital’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) from ‘moderate’ to ‘poor’. Such was the condition that many localities like Nayapalli, Old Town, Rasulgarh, Baramunda and Patia witnessed drastically reduced visibility.
This story is from the October 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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