Delhi: Air quality remains ‘poor’, light rains likely during day
India | January 30, 2019 10:49 ISTAccording to an IMD official, the maximum temperature was likely to hover around 20 degrees Celsius.
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According to an IMD official, the maximum temperature was likely to hover around 20 degrees Celsius.
The sky will remain clear with haze as the humidity was recorded at 100 per cent Thursday morning.
The overall air quality index (AQI) in the city was recorded at 410, which falls in the 'severe' category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
The maximum and minimum temperature on Wednesday is expected to hover around 20 degrees Celsius.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city reached 337, which is in the 'very poor' category.
"Saturday's rainfall, along with a sufficient wind speed, was enough to wash away air pollutants to an extent and improve the air quality index," the SAFAR said.
Delhi recorded its lowest pollution level of this year on Sunday after a spell of rain, but the air quality remained in the 'very poor' category, authorities said.
"There was shallow to moderate fog in the morning. The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day with haze and smoke thereafter," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
“Although the overall air quality will remain in the ‘very poor’ zone for the next three days, it will improve by a few notches by Thursday as good wind speed prevailing over Delhi and adjoining areas will continue to disperse pollutants,” SAFAR’s daily pollution analysis said.
At least 13 areas of the national capital were battling ‘severe’ pollution level as unfavourable weather conditions prevented dispersion of pollutants, according to authorities.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the overall air quality index (AQI) of the national capital on Thursday stood at 349, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category.
According to the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (SAFAR), the overall air quality index (AQI) in the national capital on Sunday was 'poor' at 293, just points below the 'very poor' category.
At 9 am on Saturday, the average PM2.5 reading was recorded at 70 micrograms per cubic metre while the average PM10 readings at the time were 138 micrograms per cubic metre.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) at 4 p.m was recorded at 249 (poor) against Thursday's 194 (moderate), on a scale of 0 to 500.
According to CPCB data, 19 areas in Delhi have been identified where special anti-pollution drive would be carried out.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded an overall air quality index (AQI) of 343.
The Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government was asked to furnish a performance guarantee of Rs 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that there is no further lapse in this regard.
The overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was 322 on Saturday, which fell in the "very poor" category, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the overall air quality of the national capital was recorded in the 'very poor' category.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi remained “very poor” at 353, against 315 on Wednesday. Some areas of Delhi and Ghaziabad (AQI 404) in NCR had “severe” air quality.
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