Mumbai's aerial prime showed a important betterment connected Saturday.
Mumbai’s aerial prime has shown important betterment betwixt 2020 and 2025, with the city’s bully and satisfactory AQI, registering an summation successful the full fig of improved days from 16 per cent during the winters of 2021 to 56 per cent successful January 2025, according to a survey conducted by the Waatavaran Foundation. So the fig of improved days accrued by 40 per cent for the period.
In its investigation of wintertime aerial prime information betwixt 2020 and 2025, the study has besides recovered that the wide aerial prime doubled from 9 per cent to 18 per cent for the period. The findings — which focused connected the pollutant PM2.5 — besides revealed that the mean aerial prime days hovered astir the scope of 31-33 per cent.
As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) standards, AQI readings betwixt 0-50 are regarded arsenic good, 51-100 satisfactory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 precise mediocre and supra 400 is considered to beryllium severe.
Mohsinkhan Pathan, elder task subordinate of Waatavaran Foundation, added that the days with ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ aerial prime has reduced significantly.
“Our survey shows that mediocre aerial prime days decreased from 18 per cent to 7 per cent, portion precise mediocre days dropped from 14 per cent to conscionable 2 per cent. This betterment tin beryllium attributed to sustained efforts successful implementing aerial prime absorption strategies and accrued consciousness astir aerial contamination power measures,” Pathan said, adding that sustained efforts for AQI absorption indispensable beryllium continued to guarantee these affirmative trends proceed implicit the years.
On Saturday, Mumbai’s aerial quality showed a important improvement, with the wide AQI dipping to 93 (moderate). Of the city’s 23 stations, astatine slightest 16 stations logged an AQI beneath 100, portion Colaba adjacent registered ‘good’ aerial prime astatine 47.
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