New Delhi: Delhi air quality is expected to cross the “dangerous” sign on the night Diwali and the morning with the PM2.5 pollution level shooting to 774.69 at 3am on Friday.
In Delhi, the Nehru Stadium area recorded one of the worst levels of pollution in the morning after Diving with AQI 1103.
It was followed by Okhla with 1100 and ITO with 948.
According to the data on the Central Polution Control Agency, National Capital 24 – Average air quality index (Aqi) stood at 661 at 6 am on Friday, up from 382 on Thursday.
It was 314 on Wednesday, 303 on Tuesday and 281 on Monday.
Aqi between zeros and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfying’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
Delhi | Air quality in Janpath in the ‘dangerous’ – PM2.5 category at 655.07 (currently) https://t.co/3qnbavbgpy- ani (@ani) 1636059855000 authorities have predicted that the pollution level will shoot in Delhi with the share of stump burning In the national capital pollution increased to 25 percent on Diving Day itself.
That is the highest this year.
That, along with people celebrating the festival, contributing to the poorest day in the national capital this year in terms of air quality.
Besides Delhi, air quality in a side by side such by Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram also violated a severe sign.
Aqi Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram each stood at 956, 729 and 737 at 6 am.
The bird of a mount made worseaccording material to the estimate of the Safar model, the share of stump bullets is likely to increase to 35 percent on Friday and 40 percent on Saturday with the direction of the wind to the northwest.
This can maintain the level of pollution above the dangerous level.
The northwest wind brings smoke from agricultural fires in Punjab and Haryana to the national capital.
“Relief is expected only since the night of November 7 but AQI will fluctuate in the ‘very poor’ range,” said the air quality estimated agent.
The 2020 report by the Swiss IQAIR organization found 22 of the 30 most poor cities in the world in India, with Delhi to rank the most polluted capital globally.
In the same year, Lancet said 1.67 million deaths were caused by air pollution in India in 2019, including nearly 17,500 in the capital.
(With input from the agency)