Delhi’s air quality continues to be ‘very poor’ as 2nd stage of GRAP kicks in

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delhi pollution As a furniture of smog enveloped the city, AQI levels successful respective areas including Mundka, Bawana, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Alipur, Ashok Vihar, Aya Nagar, Burari, Dwarka, Mandir Marg, dropped to the 'very poor' category. (PTI)

A time aft Delhi reported the worst AQI successful the full country, the Capital’s contamination levels continued to stay successful the “very poor” category. At 9 am, an AQI of 318 was recorded successful the capital, making it the 2nd astir polluted spot successful India, aft Haryana’s Jind, wherever the AQI stood astatine 322.

As a furniture of smog enveloped the city, AQI levels successful respective areas including Mundka, Bawana, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Alipur, Ashok Vihar, Aya Nagar, Burari, Dwarka, Mandir Marg, dropped to the ‘very poor’ category.

As per the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology forecast, the aerial prime successful Delhi is apt to beryllium successful little extremity of precise mediocre class from Tuesday to Thursday. “Meteorological conditions are unfavourable for effectual dispersion of pollutants arsenic calm winds prevail during night. Additional emissions from sources specified arsenic stubble/waste burning are apt to deteriorate aerial prime significantly,” the technological instauration said successful its website.

On Monday, Delhi recorded an AQI of 310 successful the “very mediocre category” – up from Sunday’s 277 successful the “poor” category. The 11-point enactment program arsenic per Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was kicked successful pursuing the emergence successful contamination levels. Stage I GRAP is already successful spot and GRAP is simply a acceptable of exigency measures to power aerial pollution, implemented stage-wise by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) successful NCR and adjoining areas.

An AQI successful the ‘very poor’ class – colour-coded arsenic reddish – tin origin respiratory unwellness connected prolonged vulnerability to each people, arsenic per the CPCB. An AQI betwixt 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’.

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