New Delhi: “Air Emergency” in Delhi-NCR takes a more serious turn on Friday as toxic chemical smoke thickened air quality to the worst level of the season.
The Delhi air quality index touched 471 on a scale of 500, higher than 462 which was reported a day after Diwali.
As a concentration of PM10 24 hours and PM2.5 Delhi-NCR has more than 500 and 300 micrograms per cubic meter each for more than 17 and 19 hours, the countries have been told to apply “emergency” steps based on the action of the response graded.
Plans (Grap), including construction prohibitions, even traffic schemes and school closure.
Officials said there were no major changes in the expected AQI for four-five days.
Pollution became a health crisis with a hospital that patients were rushed to emergencies with complaints of chest congestion, cough attacks and difficulty breathing.
Read also touching ‘severe signs’, Delhi in the fog as a relief disappeared into a thick pause of one Blink-Of-One pause on Monday, the air of the degraded city once again fell in the ‘severe’ category on Tuesday with air quality with air quality Index (AQI) Read 404.
Weather officials said the air pollution level is likely to fluctuate this way between the higher end of the ‘very poor’ category of the sixth year of “severe” days reported in the last eight days.
Experts say pollutants have accumulated due to quiet wind conditions, high humidity, high mixing coating and low temperature.
The stump section burned to PM2.5 Delhi rose from 26% on Thursday to 35% on Friday.
When air quality remains above 500 and 300 micrograms per cubic meter for more than 48 hours, “emergency” steps from grap are implemented in the region.
In accordance with CPCB data, the concentration of the 24-hour Delhi-NCR PM10 was at 557.4 micrograms per cubic meter at 7pm on Friday while PM2.5 was 373.1 micrograms per cubic meter at the same time.
The safe limit for PM10 and PM2.5 is 100 and 60 micrograms per cubic meter, respectively.
#Delhi witnessed low visibility earlier today.
(Ani) https://t.co/riee8xiio4- TOI Delhi (@toidelhi) 1636698639000R K Jenamani, senior scientist in the Ministry of India Meteorology, said, “Delhi has reported moderate smoke conditions throughout the day with poor visibility in the range of 300.
– 800m.
For the first time in this season, poor visibility conditions, especially in the afternoon, are recorded because of the Smog Cover in Delhi-NCR throughout the day.
“Visibility in Safdarjung, city base station, ranges from 300-500 meters, while Palam records visibility 500-800 meters.
In comparison, better visibility on Thursday afternoon at 800-1200m.
“The main reason behind the worsening of the air quality and the cover of the smoke is calm or the light wind continues to win throughout the day with a high humidity level,” said an official met.
Dipankar Saha, a former head in the CPCB air laboratory said, “Back pressure from the southeast has resulted in calm conditions in the northern region.
The ventilation coefficient and high mixing layer is also low.” Experts said there was no assistance expected from toxic pollution levels in a few days forward.
VK Soni, Head, Environment and Research Center, IMD, said, “Wind speed tends to remain the same for the next few days, inhibits the dissolution of pollutants.
There are no significant changes in air quality predicted for four to five days.” The cast of the fort Red that was very dirty because the air quality deteriorated in the city, in New Delhi on Friday.
(Photo: Ani) Mahesh Palawat Weather Skymet, a personal weather forecasting agent, said, “There is no possibility of rainfall activities at least a week, who will give a relief.” Read Alsosmog includes Delhi-NCR; Severe air quality in the midst of meteorological conditions that do not help air quality in Delhi-NCR down back to the heavy zone because of the unfavorable weather conditions, thick fog layers partly blocking the sun in Chhat Puja and air landmarks who run away and weather and research estimates (Safar ) Saying air quality will likely remain in the “severe” category on Saturday.
“The wind at the level of transportation tends to decrease from the night of November 13, which leads to less transport pollutants from the Upwind region to Delhi.
Some locations in Delhi watched PM10 as large pollutants (not PM2.5), which could be caused by increased relative humidity Locally.
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