Delhi Air Quality Drops On Diwali Morning, Most Polluted City, Shows Index

New Delhi:

 Delhi is the world’s most polluted main metropolis, in response to an air high quality index, or AQI, measured by Switzerland’s IQAir. Pakistan’s Lahore comes subsequent.

The World AQI web site reveals India within the second spot after Qatar as having essentially the most polluted cities. This index additionally contains Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, nevertheless, tweeted that Delhi is just not within the record of 10 most polluted cities in Asia, which incorporates eight from India.

These two graphs present how air pollution has been lowering through the years because of fixed efforts of Delhiites. pic.twitter.com/wFxfB9h78Z

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 24, 2022

SAFAR information reveals the share of stubble-burning in Delhi is 2-3 per cent, lower than 15 per cent recorded final yr at the moment. However the information additionally reveals fireplace counts are step by step rising and are at par with the fireplace depend final yr this time (over 1,500). SAFAR is brief for System of Air High quality and Climate Forecasting and Analysis.

The pollutant PM2.5 stage presently is nearly 400 micrograms per cubic metre near Higher Kailash in south Delhi. That is 80 instances the World Well being Organisation’s secure restrict of 5 micrograms (annual common).

Delhi’s air high quality inched nearer to the “very poor” class this morning as unfavourable meteorological circumstances allowed accumulation of pollution whereas emissions from firecrackers and crop residue-burning compounded the state of affairs, information company Press Belief of India reported.

Delhi’s AQI stood at 298 at 6 am in the present day. An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account “good”, 51 and 100 “passable”, 101 and 200 “average”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “extreme”.

Yesterday, the nationwide capital reported a 24-hour common AQI of 259, the bottom for the day earlier than Diwali in seven years.

However air pollution ranges elevated in a single day after temperature and wind velocity dropped and folks burst firecrackers in a number of elements of Delhi.

The variety of farm fires rose to 1,318, the best this season up to now, PTI reported.

Delhi has banned the manufacturing, storage, sale and bursting of firecrackers this Diwali. These caught violating the ban could be fined and jailed for six months.