Air quality in Delhi remains 'severe'; slight improvement likely by tomorrow
India | Nov 06, 2021, 08:39 AM ISTEarlier on Friday, the overall air quality of Delhi was plunged into upper end of the very poor category, SAFAR informed.
Earlier on Friday, the overall air quality of Delhi was plunged into upper end of the very poor category, SAFAR informed.
Gopal Rai said Delhi's base pollution has remained the same. Only two factors have been added - firecrackers and stubble burning.
AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
Vehicles are periodically tested for various pollutants like carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emitted from it. After this, they are given the PUC certificate.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai visited the ITO crossing and appealed to the public to extend their support to make this fight against pollution a success.
The chief minister said that it is high time that Delhiites took responsibility to bring pollution down.
All project proponents are required to mandatorily register on the web portal.
Gopal Rai made the suggestions during an online meeting of NCR states convened by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
New Delhi will witness a partially cloudy sky on Tuesday, however, there is no possibility of rain yet.
The Delhi government in its annual budget for 2021-22 presented on Tuesday allocated an amount of Rs 9,394 crore to improve the city's pollution situation which constantly has been a challenging task for the last several years.
The IMD also predicted similar conditions over other parts of the country, including "Dense to very dense (fog) at isolated places over Punjab and Haryana.
Visibility was reported at 25 meters due to dense fog in Bareilly, Lucknow, and Gorakhpur on Tuesday. Visibility of 50 meters was reported at Ganganagar, Patiala, Baharaich, and Purnea, IMD said.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a tweet stated, "Visibility (in meter) recorded 0530 hours IST of January 31: Delhi (Palam and Safdarjung)-1000m."
Following the ongoing COVID-19 conditions, health experts have urged people to take extra precautions as respiratory diseases tend to worsen with a dip in temperature and a rise in pollution levels.
Delhi's air quality, which was “very poor” on Sunday, improved significantly to the “moderate” category on Monday morning.
An AQI between 0-50 is marked good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201- 300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor and 401-500 is considered severe.
The minimum temperature in Delhi was 11 degrees Celsius on Saturday and the maximum is expected to settle around 28 degrees Celsius, the weather department said. However, the minimum temperature is likely to dip again with the wind direction changing to northwesterly by Monday, according to IMD officials.
The minimum temperature this season has remained 2-3 degrees Celsius below normal in the absence of a cloud cover on most days, according to IMD officials.
The national capital witnessed more polluted November this year than in 2019, largely due to lesser precipitation and large-scale stubble burning.
Winds are predicted to slow down further. Therefore, Delhi's air quality is likely to deteriorate further and remain in the “poor” to “very poor” category over the next two days.
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