Thick blanket of smog covers Delhi day after Diwali, AQI in ‘very poor’ category

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delhi aqi On Thursday, the city's 24-hour mean AQI was recorded astatine 330, up from 307 the erstwhile day. (Express record photograph by Abhinav Saha)

A heavy furniture of smog engulfed Delhi contiguous greeting arsenic the aerial prime scale (AQI) of the National Capital Region changeable up to 361 — which is successful the ‘very poor’ class — according to the speechmaking astatine 7 am.

According to information provided by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the worst aerial prime successful the metropolis was recorded astatine R K Puram, wherever the AQI stood astatine 398 (very mediocre category), followed by Sonia Vihar, Anand Vihar and Burari, each crossing 395. As galore arsenic 36 stations recorded AQI supra 300.

AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 precise poor, 401 and 450 severe, and supra 450 severe-plus.

Every twelvemonth successful the superior it is simply a communal inclination for the firecrackers to beryllium acceptable disconnected successful defiance of the ban. This causes the PM2.5 and PM10 levels to soar and worsen the 24-hour mean aerial prime successful Delhi.

The Delhi authorities had connected October 14 imposed a implicit prohibition connected firecrackers, including their manufacturing, storage, sale, usage and online delivery. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai had besides warned of summation successful contamination levels with Diwali and stubble burning play coinciding this year.

However, contempt the ban, reports indicated wide usurpation of it crossed eastbound and westbound Delhi with firecrackers lighting up the entity successful areas specified arsenic Jaunapur, Punjabi Bagh, Burari and East of Kailash.

What’s happening successful different parts of the country?

The aerial prime successful Mumbai besides deteriorated with the AQI lasting astatine 172 successful the ‘moderate’ category. However, retired of 22 stations successful Mumbai, 9 stations recorded AQI successful the ‘poor’ category. Colaba successful Navy Nagar recorded the worst AQI of 305 successful the city, followed by Sewri (284), Kandivali (252), Malad (West) (232), Mindspace (223), Byculla (224), Kherwadi (Bandra East) (220), Deonar (203), and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) (202).

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