Gurugram: The city’s air quality changes ‘very poor’ for the first time this season on Saturday.
The Gurugram (AQI) air quality index was recorded in 308 on that day, a sharp surge from 195 (moderate) the day before.
Track the pollution level in your city low wind speed, swimming in temperature and exploding firecrackers on the occasion of Dussehra has led to setbacks in air quality, according to the state pollution control agency Haryana (HSPCB).
Officials say air quality is expected to improve in the coming days, because of the possibility of rain on Mondays and Tuesdays.
In the four city air monitoring stations, Aqi floated between the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ level on Saturday.
While it stood at 298 in Teri Gram and 289 at Vikas Sadan – both ‘poor’ – AQI was 342 in the Sector 51 (very poor).
Aqi is not monitored in Gwaldahari because of inadequate data.
At the end of Friday night, efficiently burned and firecrackers exploded throughout Gurugram to celebrate Dussehra.
The air is filled with smoke as a result, and residents wake up until morning.
Even though Aqi is in the ‘poor’ category in the morning hours, it will be dipped in ‘very poor’ in the afternoon.
According to the guidelines for the Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB), people can suffer from respiratory diseases on long exposure to ‘very poor’ aqi.
A official said pollutants were not scattered due to low wind speeds.
“The city witnessed a decrease in temperature and low wind speeds of 5 km / h.
As a result, pollutants were not scattered in the atmosphere and added pollution.
The suspended particles were present very close to the atmosphere, which had deteriorated air quality,” said Kuldeep Singh, HSPCB Regional Officer (Gurugram).
Asked how long the air will remain in the ‘very poor’ category, he said, “This area expects better wind speed and rain on Sundays and pollutants tends to be scattered soon.” Plans Action Response (Grap) has not been implemented in the region.
Violations of dust pollution norms in several construction sites throughout the city also added Gurugram pollution.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air quality entered the ‘poor’ category on Saturday, with Aqi touching 284, as far as the highest winter.
Aqi as a whole of the capital is 198 on Friday.
After the wind speed dropped to almost nil, ‘fog’ also appeared above the city in the afternoon.
However, 18 monitoring stations recorded ‘very poor’ air quality on Saturday night.
Air quality system and weather forecasting and research (Safar), forecasting under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the number of fires gradually increased and the share of burning stumps to PM2.5 was 14%.
The CPCB center control room data shows that the concentration of PM10 on average 24 hours for Delhi-NCR is 283.6 micrograms per cubic meter at 7pm due to the standard 100 micrograms per cubic meter.
The concentration of PM2.5 on average 24 hours is 143.2 micrograms per cubic meter at 7pm.
The standard for PM2.5 is 60 micrograms per cubic meter.
Experts say burning arrears and meteorological factors play an important role in the deterioration of air quality.
Apart from the ban, firecrackers were burned in several parts of the city on Friday at Dussehra.
Safar said, “PM2.5 has returned as the main pollutant in Delhi air.
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