Delhi’s AQI ‘very poor’ for third day in a row, no respite for next six days

According to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute data, Wednesday saw 57 cases of stubble burning successful Punjab, 15 successful Haryana, 68 successful Uttar Pradesh and nary successful Delhi.

Since September 15, 1,638 cases of stubble burning person been reported successful Punjab and 680 successful Haryana, which is the lowest erstwhile compared to the aforesaid play since 2020, IARI information showed. Meanwhile, 808 cases of stubble burning were reported successful Uttar Pradesh and 11 successful Delhi – the highest truthful acold since 2020 during this period.

According to the Decision Support System for Air Quality Management successful Delhi, 8% of the pollutants connected Tuesday were the effect of stubble burning. The information connected Wednesday showed that the publication of roadworthy particulate and operation activities was astir 3%. The transport assemblage remained the highest contributor astatine 13.5%.

Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director of Research and Advocacy astatine the Centre for Science and Environment said, “Spike successful contamination adjacent with debased stubble burning shows the expanding interaction of section and determination sources of pollutants successful Delhi-NCR. With this being the festival season, the large origin of contamination is conveyance emissions owed to postulation congestion.”

Swagata Dey, argumentation specializer successful the Air Quality squad astatine the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, said, “There is simply a flimsy dip successful evening and nighttime temperatures, which could beryllium hindering the dispersion of pollutants. There are besides highly localised sources of aerial pollution, specified dense postulation and unfastened burning of garbage. Construction activities person besides picked up pace, arsenic radical consciousness that operation bans mightiness travel into place.”