Delhi Live updates: Firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali in Delhi (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Delhi News Live updates October 25, 2022: Particulate matter (PM) concentrations soared on Diwali night in Delhi with fireworks being set off in contravention of the ban that is in place. At some monitoring stations on Diwali night, the PM 2.5 level reached a figure that was as much as 15 times and PM 10 around 10 times the 24-hour standard, according to data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
Ahead of Diwali, Delhi Police arrested 29 people including seven women for their alleged involvement in gambling after raiding the banquet hall of a hotel in Punjabi Bagh in the capital early on Sunday. Police said that over Rs 58 lakh and 10 sets of playing cards had been recovered. According to police, they received information from a source on Saturday about “large-scale gambling” going on for the past five-six days at Hotel City West End on Club Road in Punjabi Bagh.
A fire broke out Monday evening in a garment factory in east Delhi. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot. According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), no casualties have been reported, and the fire was under control. DFS chief Atul Garg said, “A call was received at 6.50 pm regarding a fire at Factory No. 58 in Gandhi Nagar’s Raghubar Pura-2… four people were rescued.”