Why does the green part show destructive interference in Huygens principle?

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Hi all.

Please take a look at the uploaded picture.

Can you guys tell me what happens to the green part that I've marked? Do they go to amplitude = 0 because of destructive interference or what?
 

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don hv graphical representation of the intensity distribution along the diffraction pattern??
 

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