New Delhi: Delhi air quality sneaks into the “severe” category again on Tuesday with the stump burning accounting for 27 percent of PM2.5 pollution, the authorities said.
Low temperature – Delhi recorded a minimum of 13.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the lowest season so far – allowed accumulation of pollutants, said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet’s weather.
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The minimum temperature is expected to dip into it.
10 degrees on November 15, said the Indian Meteorology Department.
According to the central pollution control board, the average air quality index of 24 hours Delhi reached 404 at 4 pm, up from 390 on Monday.
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”.
The agricultural fire section in Delhi pollution rose to a three-year high of 48 percent on Sunday.
On Monday, the government institution reported 5,450 agricultural fires, the highest this season, in neighboring countries the national capital.
Palawat said the share of propeller propellers in Delhi-NCR air pollution is expected to remain high for another week.
“There is no large increase in air quality which may be in four to five days,” he said.
Delhi recorded “severe” air quality for three days on trot until Sunday due to the accumulation of emissions from the fireworks on Diwali and the stump burned in the midst of unfavorable meteorological conditions – high speed, high speed, and height.
Last year, the share that burned arrears in Delhi pollution had peaked at 42 percent in 5.
November 2019, the burning of plant residues contributed 44 percent of PM2.5 Delhi pollution on November 1.