Ghaziabad: The overall city air quality index (AQI) on Saturday deteriorates to 349, which is under the “very poor” category.
Track the level of pollution in your city, this is the first time this season that AQI has deteriorated to this level.
In accordance with CPCB data, Ghaziabad’s air that day was the worst in this country among 130 cities registered.
However, UPPCB officials blame crackers and burning effigions that occur throughout the city in Dussehra.
“Aqi’s level sees a decrease in setbacks on Saturday in Ghaziabad.
This has been associated with applicable weather conditions and local factors,” Utsav Sharma said, regional officers, UPPCB.
While Loni has the highest AQI in the city in 381, Vasundhara recorded 365, Indirapuram 355 and Sanjay Nagar 338 on Saturday afternoon.
“While the burning of crackers and Effi in Dussehra caused a surge in PM2.5, Western disorders in the region had hampered air movement in a higher atmospheric range and they collectively caused the decline of air quality in Ghaziabad,” adding Sharma.
Open air combustion case is rampant in the city.
On Friday night, the pile of rubbish caught fire in Hindon Vihar.
It keeps burning for a long time.
Meanwhile, sporadic incidents of burning waste also reported from Vasundhara and other regions.
“Hindon Vihar is famous for its open air garbage because it accommodates several warehouses where waste and plastic is saved.
Residents and Memo traders for a long time have burned e-waske.
Regardless of what is called crackdown, the area remains a pollution hotspot,” Vikrant said Sharma, a city-based environmental lover.
“While officials, at the beginning of each winter, claim that steps have been taken to ensure the pollution level is stored under the check, which is almost not translated into action.
This explains aqi that deteriorates in the city year after year,” said environmental lovers.
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Other parts of this city are filled with civil waste and there is a tendency to burn it.
Over the past few days, the burning of open waste has been reported in Vasundhara, Pusta Road and Kanwani.
“Grap has not yet been enforced in the area.
Various factors are pollution contributors to be stopped.
Meanwhile, we have said a plan that will require a survey by our team.
This will begin after grap is announced,” Sharma said, adding that grap is likely to be enforced Late next month.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air quality entered the “poor” category on Saturday, with Aqi touching 284, as far as the highest winter.
Aqi as a whole of the capital is 198 on Friday.
After the wind speed drops to almost nil, “fog” also appears above the city in the afternoon.
However, 18 monitoring stations recorded “very bad” air quality on Saturday night.
The air quality and weather forecasting systems and research forecasting (Safar), the forecasting agency under the Ministry of Earth’s Union, said the number of fires gradually increased and the share of the stumps of the propeller to PM2.5 was 14%.
The CPCB center control room data shows that the concentration of PM10 on average 24 hours for Delhi-NCR is 283.6 micrograms per cubic meter at 7pm due to the standard 100 micrograms per cubic meter.
The concentration of PM2.5 on average 24 hours is 143.2 micrograms per cubic meter at 7pm.
The standard for PM2.5 is 60 micrograms per cubic meter.
Experts say burning arrears and meteorological factors play an important role in the deterioration of air quality.
Apart from the ban, firecrackers were burned in several parts of the city on Friday at Dussehra.
Safar said, “PM2.5 has returned as a lead pollutant in the air.
The beneficial meteorological conditions lead to brothel-related air intrusions.
With 1,572 effective fire calculations according to the harmonious Safar methodology, which includes data from two ISRO satellites, contributions The burning of stumps in Delhi air suddenly increased to 14%.
Fire count gradually increased and the direction of the wind was profitable and came from the north-west direction at the transportation level (900 MB) for intrusion.
“VK Soni, Head, Environment and Research Center, The Indian Meteorology Department, “The Fire is considered in Punjab, Haryana and Pakistan are on the rise and the wind direction is currently profitable for transportation pollutants from Biomass burning to Delhi.
The quiet wind was recorded at night and the wind speed returned to the Nile in the afternoon And night, affect the dispersion of pollutants.
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Ghaziabad registered the worst AQI in India
