New Delhi: Air quality in the national capital remains poor for the sixth day in a row on Monday with the stump burning accounting for seven percent PM2.5 pollution of the capital.
The estimated body of Safar air quality says air quality is likely to increase marginally for the next two days because the wind comes from the west and southwest.
Early Warning System Ministry of Earth Bumi Science for Delhi estimates that the levels of PM2.5 and PM10 in the capital can be driven to 250 micrograms per cubic meter and 398 micrograms per cubic meter, at night Diwali.
Acceptable limits for PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations are 60 micrograms per cubic meter and 100 micrograms per cubic meter.
“Air quality tends to deteriorate on November 5 and 6 significantly and can reach the top end of a very bad category.
PM2.5 becomes dominant pollutants,” he said.
Safar said 3,971 agricultural fires were observed in the northwestern region of Delhi on Sunday, maximum this season so far.
“The emissions part of the plant residue in PM2.5 is low because of the wind that is not profitable for transportation,” he said.
The data of the central pollution control agency showed capital recorded an average air quality index of 24 hours (AQI) 281.
It was 289 on Sundays and 268 on Saturday.
Aqi between zero 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”.
According to CPCB, institutions in the Delhi-NCR area have decided only 11 percent of complaints related to air pollution since October 15, when the multilevel response action plan (GRAP) came into effect to deteriorate air quality in the region.
Only 47 of 424 complaints have been completed by agents in Delhi and NCR cities in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan between October 15 and October 30.
Most complaints are related to construction and demolition activities, open dumping, open dust, open disposal, open dumping.
Trash and industrial waste and traffic congestion.
Grap is a set of anti-pollution steps followed in Delhi and the surrounding cities according to the severity of the situation.
It came into force in mid-October when the level of air pollution in the region began to deteriorate due to unfavorable meteorological conditions and burn arrears.