New Delhi: New Delhi The cleanest October air recording this year since the central pollution control board began measuring the aqi or air quality index of the city in 2015.
This October also witnessed the first day ‘good air’ and did not have it ‘very poor air quality day or ‘severe’, unlike this month in the last six years.
Experts say great rainfall and lower amount of farm fire especially behind the air clean.
Tracking the level of pollution in your Copan analysis of October data CPCB reveals the highest number of ‘very poor’ days ‘very poor’ at the age of 14 recorded in 2017, while the day no was seen in October this year.
The first October at 6 years to have at least one day ‘air’ day ‘good’ air day ’18 this October was also the first recorded in the month since 2015.
The average AQI this October 173, the lowest was measured in October in the capital.
According to the Indian Meteorology Department data, the city saw seven rainy days in October this time and recorded 122.5mm rainfall, which was the highest since 1960.
However, except for October 2018, which recorded rain activities, only one rainy day was seen in the same month By 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Dipankar Saha, a former head in the CPCB air laboratory said, “October 2021 is a good month historically because it records the first ‘good’ air day of this year and not ‘very poor’ or ‘ Air quality ‘severe’.
October data analysis of October showed air quality this month usually began to deteriorate in the second week of October but it did not happen at this time.
Although AQI reached a bad end ‘category on October 16 and 17 with AQI 284 and 178, drastically down to 46 on October 18 due to heavy rain.
“Anumite Roychowdhury, Executive Director of Research and Advocacy, Science and Environment Center,” This October has become yes The cleanest because of the intense and more rain spells, delayed with a withdrawal of monsoons, and farmers who delay burning stumps that usually take October.
We can now see a surge in incident that burns arrears because the window for the sowing season is getting shorter.
This is a matter of worries.
“While the reading of AQI 50 or below is classified as” good “, reading between 51 and 100 is included in the” satisfying “category and which between 101 and 200 is classified as” moderate “.” Poor “air ranges from 201 to 300,” very poor “From 301 to 400 and” severe “from 401 to 500.