Mumbai: Suddenly sudden in Mumbai air quality since Saturday night is now being associated with climate change as a term of meteorological experts.
The second consecutive dust storm regarding the west coast of the entire border of Rajasthan-Pakistan-Afghanistan in an unusual range of phenomena.
As a result, on Monday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) from Mumbai (314) runs above Delhi (290) which is called an ‘Indian’ capital pollution ‘too.
Aqi mainly shows the concentration of 2.5 carcinogenic particle material (PM2.5) in the air.
On January 25, Mumbai had achieved the worst air quality ever recorded (AQI 500) due to similar dusty winds from all Pakistan-Afghan borders.
On Sundays, Aqi from Mumbai is 316 while Delhi (320).
Interestingly, Aqi in Mazgaon remains severe (495) like on Sundays.
Read Drop the air quality of Alsomumbai for ‘very poor’ once again after a pleasant weather catch since the dust of the storm effect on January 26, Mumbai air quality changed ‘very poor’ on Sunday, with an air quality index (AQI) floating around 316 January.
Aqi Delhi (320) is just a little worse.
The Director of the Air Forecasting System and Research (Safar), Gufran Beig, said it was a strange type of weather in a very unusual western region like in just 15 days.
A second consecutive dust storm from Rajasthan-Pakistan-Afghanistan coincided with Western air disturbances, impacting air quality in Konkan.
“We can connect this unusual activity for climate change and they need to be studied in detail,” he said, showing that the effects of severe pollution would remain for a day.
According to experts, vehicle pollution and dust Mumbai itself greatly affects citizens when humidity and cooler temperatures coupled with a dust storm strengthening the concentration of PM2.5 in the air.
The proximity of Mumbai with the sea usually helps pollution disperse faster.
Without beach winds, experts say the average Aqi Mumbai can also be worse than Delhi regularly.
On Monday also, Aqi in Colaba, Malad Chembur and Andheri were in the ‘very poor’ category, many above Delhi.
‘Very poor’ Aqi is said to be dangerous for those who spoil outdoors, especially the working class, because it can trigger respiratory diseases.
Some Mumbakar reported throat, chest and nose clogged after Aqi City had passed 500 signs on January 24-25, the most severe indicators for air inside human residence.
Now, second consecutive pollution because the dust storm has added to the tribulation of people who have suffered from Covid-19 infection.
A study of the second wave of pandemics in Mumbai has indicated that severe pollution levels have triggered risk among covid patients because they worsen the level of infection.
Even the death rate is found more on the ward that has a higher level of pollution.
Meanwhile, GP Sharma, meteorological president and climate change, Skymet weather, associated the phenomenon for weather and geographical patterns and said such dust storms were not too common for Mumbai but that did not mean it was something unusual.
“Every time there will be a change in the wind pattern in the north, we may see air from the desert area blowing to the coast of Konkan.
The frequency of this dust storm reaches Mumbai also depends on the number of opportunities that have changed the wind pattern.
At the average, we witnessed three disorders Western this year but this year the frequency of this disorder is far more – for precise 6.
Therefore, whenever there will be an increase in Western disorders, Mumbai and the nearest area can see more dust storms that season, “he said.
“Also, the level of moisture in Mumbai is quite high because of the proximity of the coast, which makes the air quite heavy.
Such dust particles are trapped in moist atmosphere and hence, it takes time to clean the weather, unlike in plains where permits are at a much faster level , “he added.
Consecutive dust storms make Aqi Mumbai worse than Delhi
