Rain brings relief in Delhi; AQI in moderate category
Residents of Delhi woke up to widespread rainfall on Monday morning, offering relief from the recent spell of intense heat.
Residents of Delhi woke up to widespread rainfall on Monday morning, offering relief from the recent spell of intense heat.
Residents of Delhi are currently experiencing noticeable relief from the intense heatwave that gripped the city in April.
Delhi witnessed a notable improvement in air quality on Tuesday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling into the 'satisfactory' and 'moderate' categories across several monitoring stations.
While efforts to mitigate the severity of the air pollution in the Delhi-NCR have been taken over the years consistently, of late there has been a steady increase in the number of good air days with a decline in the registered 'poor' to 'very poor', and 'severe' to 'severe (+) category air days, according to Dr SD Attri, an expert on the subject.
The strong winds that have been blowing for the past several days have had a positive impact on the air quality in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Tuesday criticised the government's reliance on the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle Delhi's pollution crisis, saying it's a reactive approach focusing on crisis management rather than avoidance.
Delhi woke up on Tuesday to a thick, grey haze blanketing its skyline as the city’s air quality deteriorated sharply overnight, prompting authorities to invoke emergency measures to curb pollution.
According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s Sameer app, at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, 34 out of Delhi’s 39 active monitoring stations recorded ‘severe’ AQI levels; several at the higher end of the range. The AQI touched 462 in Bawana, 460 in Wazirpur, and 452 in both Mundka and Punjabi Bagh.
The weather office has forecast cold wave conditions in isolated pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh between November 10 and 12.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) today informed that it has given detailed instructions to various government departments with regard to the pollution mitigation efforts in the national capital.
