New Delhi: Analysis carried out by the Decision Support System (DSS), which has been developed to estimate local and regional pollution sources that can affect Delhi’s air, estimating that the level of pollution in the city increased by 18-22 percent last week after the commission for the system Air quality early warning for the national capital area and the next area (CAQM) issued a lot of direction on November 16 to control pollution.
Scientists at the Indian Tropical Meteorology Institute (IITM), Pune, who have developed DSS, said air quality can reach the “severe” category on November 18 and 19, but still “very poor”.
Sachin Ghude, Head of the IITM air quality forecasting group, tweeted, “forcing the Slew these steps by Caqm managed to improve the quality of air in Delhi around 18-22 percent.” Gaurav Govardhan, another scientist, said, “Apart from estimating different local and regional source contributions to PM2.5 Delhi, DSS has a different scenario on the impact on Delhi air quality.
We conducted an analysis we consider restrictions on the scenario.” Among the direction Turning off most thermal power plants within a 300 km radius; Prohibiting the entry of trucks that do not carry important commodities and most of the construction, and order jobs from home to 50 percent of government staff.
Curbs help improve Delhi air quality by 22%: Study
