This phenomenon has led to a rush in capital for buying air Purifiers and masks. He added that sales of masks have gone up from 20 to 300 per day during the post Diwali period. The company also said that sales of pollution masks have jumped six times in the last few days with customer demand being 13 times over last year. “The highest number of orders for pollution masks were placed by customers on November 1st this year. Currently, several types of masks are available in India with N95 and N99 masks being the most sought after.

Source: Hindustan Times November 04, 2016 08:32 UTC