Ahead of Diwali, the air quality in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) is worsening day by day, due to which pollution has reached dangerous levels. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 426 in Delhi’s Akshardham area on Sunday morning. Which falls in the ‘severe’ category, due to which this entire area has become suffocated, where breathing has become extremely dangerous. The pollution level has also become serious in Greater Noida West and Vijaynagar of Ghaziabad. A thick blanket of smoke and haze has engulfed the entire NCR, due to which visibility has reduced.
AQI reached near 300 in Ghaziabad
According to CPCB data, the AQI in Gautam Buddha Nagar has reached ‘severe’ category, with both PM 2.5 and PM 10 at hazardous levels. Noida The AQI was recorded at 298, but in many parts, like Sector-1, PM 2.5 and PM 10 are in the ‘severe’ category. The AQI in Vijay Nagar of Ghaziabad was around 300, which is moving from ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’. At the same time, AQI in Gurugram is in ‘poor’ category with 258.
AQI reached very bad level at nine centers
Earlier on Saturday, nine out of 38 monitoring centers in Delhi recorded air quality in the ‘very poor’ category. The highest AQI was recorded at 389 in Anand Vihar, 351 in Wazirpur, 309 in Bawana, 310 in Jahangirpuri, 303 in Okhla, 306 in Vivek Vihar, 310 in Dwarka and 307 in Siri Fort. The situation has become more worrying as AQI reached 426 in Akshardham on Sunday.
The Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi has issued a forecast of similar conditions for the coming days. According to the data of Decision Support System, on Saturday, pollution The contribution of transportation emissions was highest at 15.6 percent.
AQI level
As per CPCB standards, AQI between 0 to 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
The sky will be clear today
Talking about the weather, the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 33.5 degrees Celsius, which is 0.9 degrees more than normal, while the minimum temperature was 19.6 degrees Celsius, which is 1.2 degrees more than normal.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted clear skies for Sunday, with the maximum temperature expected to be around 33 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature expected to be around 19 degrees Celsius.
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