India, Nov. 10 -- Diwali is over, but what is not over is Delhi-NCR's air pollution.The city continued to choke under a "very poor" air quality index (AQI) for the third straight day after Diwali, thanks to the illegal sale of firecrackers and alleged violations of the Supreme Court's guidelines on their use. This, even as the Delhi Police registered over 150 cases for bursting crackers beyond permitted hours and for illegal sales. At the time of writing, the police had registered more than 100 cases across Delhi over alleged violations of the Supreme Court's directions on bursting firecrackers, and over 50 on charges of illegal sale of crackers during Diwali celebrations.

Despite all this, Delhi-NCR woke up to a post-Diwali haze so thic...