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Delhi air quality continues to fall as capital turns into a gas chamber

| Thursday | 18th October, 2018

Air Quality of #Delhi's Lodhi Road area: PM 2.5 and PM 10 remain in 'poor' category at 224 and 272 respectively. On Thursday, the air quality at Delhi’s Lodhi Road remained in the “poor” quality and the AQI was recorded at 224 and 272 for PM 2.5 and PM 10, respectively. The national capital is gearing up to turn into a gas chamber as the air quality deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday, the first in this season, with several places in the national capital nearing alarming levels of pollution, according to authorities. Concerned over the alarming air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain demands immediate halt on activities, including crop stubble burning and garbage, which considered a contributing cause for pollution in Delhi-NCR. Among the meteorological factors behind the falling air quality, the main reason was the drop and change of wind speed, which was now flowing from the stubble-burning areas, CPCB official said.

The national capital is gearing up to turn into a gas chamber as the air quality deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday, the first in this season, with several places in the national capital nearing alarming levels of pollution, according to authorities. On Thursday, the air quality at Delhi’s Lodhi Road remained in the “poor” quality and the AQI was recorded at 224 and 272 for PM 2.5 and PM 10, respectively. Air Quality of #Delhi's Lodhi Road area: PM 2.5 and PM 10 remain in 'poor' category at 224 and 272 respectively. pic.twitter.com/6AW8pWSivx — ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2018 An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and On Wednesday, Anand Vihar was recorded an AQI of 358, Dwarka Sector 8 registered AQI of 376, ITO recorded 295, and Jahangirpuri and Rohini were at 333 and 330 respectively, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. Read More | Madhya Pradesh: Two coaches of Trivandrum-Delhi Rajdhani Express derails as truck rams into train; truck driver dead Stating that a number of factors were responsible for the deteriorating air quality, including vehicular pollution, construction activities and meteorological factors, CPCB warned further deterioration of the air quality in Delhi-NCR in the coming days. Among the meteorological factors behind the falling air quality, the main reason was the drop and change of wind speed, which was now flowing from the stubble-burning areas, CPCB official said. Concerned over the alarming air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain demands immediate halt on activities, including crop stubble burning and garbage, which considered a contributing cause for pollution in Delhi-NCR. Also Read | Sabarimala Temple Row: Woman journalist begins climbing hill amid protests Latest satellite images showed crop residue burning at “dangerous” levels and it should be stopped immediately or the entire north India, including Delhi, would suffer serious health hazards, Hussain said.

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