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.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s 4 pm daily bulletin, the 24-hour average AQI for Delhi stood at 309, improving by nearly 60 points from Sunday’s average of 366, both in the ‘very poor’ category.
It also issued safety guidelines amid deteriorating weather conditions.
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh informed on Monday that more than 30 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) will be inaugurated in Delhi this month.
Residents of the National Capital woke up to a warmer day as the maximum temperature rose to 32.4 Celsius and the minimum to 15.4 Celsius with no signs of drizzles as the sky remained clear throughout the day.
Delhi Labour Minister Raaj Kumar Anand has also directed to ensure payment to all workers and employees with the enhanced rate.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and we are further looking into it, the police said.
The weather station at New Delhi-Ayanagar recorded the minimum temperature of 1.8 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal.
The committee will be able to co-opt members and will take comprehensive inputs from stakeholder hotel and restaurant associations etc.
A day after Diwali, Delhi was wrapped in a blanket of smog as the air quality on Tuesday remained in the "very poor" category with the overall air quality index (AQI) 323.
