Bengaluru weather on Diwali: Moderate rain is likely to disrupt the celebrations. Check AQI levels | bengaluru

According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Bengaluru is expected to receive light to moderate rainfall on Diwali evening. Southern and eastern regions bengaluru Heavy rainfall may occur on Thursday evening and the rain is expected to continue overnight in a few patches.

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KSNDMC said in an

The temperature in Bengaluru on Thursday was 25.31 °C. The weather forecast for the day showed the minimum and maximum temperature to be 20.44 °C and 26.88 °C respectively. Relative humidity is 69% and wind speed is 69 km/h.

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The Indian Meteorological Department has also predicted rain in Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Mandya, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, Bidar, Mysuru, Davanagere, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Ramanagara, Mandya, Haveri, Gadag, Dakshina Kannada. and Shivamogga districts of Karnataka.

AQI in Bengaluru

The Air Quality Index in Bengaluru was moderate at 129.0 on Thursday. With the entire day restricted by the Karnataka government due to bursting crackers, the reading is unlikely to exceed moderate levels in the tech capital. Children and people with respiratory diseases such as asthma should limit long-term outdoor activities. However, light smoke was observed in some parts of the city on Thursday evening.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah also advised people to crack only green crackers to avoid high pollution levels. “The Supreme Court has given guidelines on what kind of crackers should be burst. Only green crackers should be sold and burst from 8 pm to 10 pm.”

The Bengaluru traffic police also warned commuters about possible traffic jams in the city as rain is expected in some parts of the tech capital on Deepavali evening.