A layer of smog was seen blanketing many areas in the town. Mist or smog is anticipated to cowl the town at evening, in response to an IMD forecast.
Pollution ranges in the national capital noticed a spike during Chhath Puja on Thursday night with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 382 at 6 pm, in response to the Central Pollution Control Board.
Sixteen climate stations recorded an AQI above 400 with seven extra stations seeing the air high quality deteriorate to a “severe” level by night.
These embrace Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Bawana, Mundka, Jahangirpuri, Wazirpur, Okhla Phase 2, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Sonia Vihar, and Patparganj, amongst others. The metropolis’s AQI in the morning was 367 whereas the 24-hour common AQI at 4 pm was recorded at 377.
A layer of smog was seen blanketing many areas in the town. Mist or smog is anticipated to cowl the town at evening, in response to an IMD forecast. The most temperature settled at 31.7 levels Celsius, two notches above regular, whereas the humidity level was at 74 per cent at 5:30 pm. Shallow fog is anticipated to cowl Delhi on Friday, with the climate prone to stay hotter.
According to AQI classifications, a spread of 0-50 is taken into account “good,” 51-100 “satisfactory,” 101-200 “moderate,” 201-300 “poor,” 301-400 “very poor,” and 401-500 “severe.”
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