Pollution levels in Delhi rise up; 166 AQI recorded in 24 hours

Delhi Weather Update: The nationalist superior connected Friday recorded a minimum somesthesia of 24.8 degrees Celsius, 3 notches supra normal, with the section forecasting a wide entity for the day. The humidity was 64 per cent astatine 8.30 am, according to the India Meteorological Department. The maximum somesthesia is apt to settee astir 36 degrees Celsius, it said.

With monsoon play retreating here, the contamination levels successful the metropolis started rising again.
The metropolis recorded an mean Air Quality Index (AQI) present was recorded arsenic 166 implicit the past 24 hours, indicating challenging aerial prime for the nationalist capital.

Some of the astir polluted areas successful Delhi see Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 231, Mundka with an AQI of 273, AQI of 201 successful Loni and the Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering recorded an AQI of 243 which is considered unhealthy and hazardous.

Additionally, the existent PM2.5 attraction successful the metropolis is 5.5 times supra the recommended bounds fixed by the World Health Organization's 24-hour aerial prime guidelines value.

Meanwhile, contamination has besides accrued successful adjacent areas. Ghaziabad recorded an AQI of 171, 184 AQI successful Meerut and Noida recorded an AQI of 184.

Earlier connected October 3, Shiromani Akali Dal leader, Daljit Singh Cheema appealed to the Supreme Court to instrumentality enactment against the states of Punjab and Haryana hours aft the apical tribunal pulled some states implicit the aerial pollution.

"Supreme Court has ever enactment successful overmuch effort each clip truthful that the contamination contented that happens successful Delhi and adjacent areas tin beryllium resolved, but the occupation is expanding each year. Now, the Supreme Court has again spoken to the Punjab and Haryana governments," Cheema told ANI.

The SAD person added, "I entreaty to the Supreme Court to instrumentality enactment against them...then they volition commencement acting connected it... each clip they can't blasted farmers, they person to supply farmers with capable facilities..."

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court expressed disappointment implicit the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) effort to instrumentality its directions concerning aerial pollution.

"From the affidavit of compliance we find that nary effort is being made by CAQM for implementation of its directions, not a azygous prosecution has been initiated and the past gathering was lone held connected August 29," said the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court directed the States of Punjab and Haryana to comply with CAQM directions and to record an affidavit wrong a week. Supreme Court posted the lawsuit for proceeding connected October 16.