In fact, pharmacies across various parts of the city, sales have gone up by sixty percent over the last few days alone. After last year's pollution rise, some pharmacies confirmed that they had stocked up on masks way before Diwali, but due to the cracker ban, sales remained low. But they said sales have just picked up since Wednesday, so much so that some pharmacies are even selling their last year's stock. "In the last one year, sales of masks have gone up even on normal days, but int he last three days, I have sold masks worth Rs. Online sales have gone up too, as some of my customers bought masks online as well," says Suresh Verma, a mask wholesaler from Laxmi Nagar.

Source: dna November 10, 2017 02:15 UTC