Summary:
The air quality can further degrade in the next three days,” said SAFAR’s daily forecast on Sunday. The high frequency of WDs hitting the region continues.Meanwhile Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to the “poor” category on Sunday with an overall Air Quality Index of 276 – an increase from Saturday’s reading of 158 (moderate). In January, seven WDs impacted north India, higher than the normal number of four to six, leading to rain and heavy snowfall across the western Himalayas. Experts said places such as Ganganagar district of Rajasthan and the adjoining Dabwali area of Haryana suffered heavy damage to standing mustard crops.Elsewhere in Haryana, the damage was restricted to four-five districts in the south. The western disturbance (WD) scheduled to hit the region this week will be the third this month..