New Delhi: Delhi and its neighbouring cities obtained gentle rain on Saturday night, which improved the air high quality to ‘poor’ on Sunday morning and supplied some aid from the dense fog that was blanketing elements of the nationwide capital area for the previous few days.
Delhi on Saturday recorded a low of seven.7 levels Celsius, whereas the utmost temperature settled at 17 levels Celsius, three notches under the season’s common, as per the India Meteorological Division (IMD).
The thick layer of fog on Saturday led to the delay of no less than 45 trains.
Chilly wave situations proceed in different elements of north India, together with Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, with temperatures falling under freezing level.
Delhi and its neighbouring cities corresponding to Ghaziabad and Noida obtained rain on Saturday night.
The IMD has predicted a typically cloudy sky with gentle rain on Sunday.
On Saturday, Delhi-NCR woke as much as dense fog in some areas, which led to 45 trains working late, nonetheless, flight operations at Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGI) remained largely regular.
The Air High quality Index of Delhi, which was within the vary of ‘extreme’ to ‘very poor’ for the previous few days, improved to the ‘poor’ class on Sunday morning.
As per Centre’s Sameer app, Delhi’s general AQI at round 5 a.m. on Sunday stood at 285.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account “good,” 51-100 “passable,” 101-200 “reasonable,” 201-300 “poor,” 301-400 “very poor,” and 401-500 “extreme”.
Chilly wave continued in Himachal Pradesh, with the native meteorological division predicting reasonable rain in low-lying plains and snow in remoted areas in center and excessive hills, together with Shimla and Manali, on Saturday and Sunday.
A recent western disturbance is more likely to have an effect on northwest India from the evening of January 14, 2025, the MeT stated and likewise predicted gentle rain and snow in remoted locations in center and excessive hills on Thursday and Friday.
Speaking in regards to the anti-pollution measures within the nationwide capital, at the moment GRAP I, II and III are in impact.
CAQM in compliance with Supreme Courtroom’s earlier order, invoked actions underneath Stage III of GRAP on Thursday.
The centre’s air high quality panel stated, “The AQI of Delhi which was recorded as 297 on January 8, 2025, exhibited a pointy growing pattern and has been recorded as 357 at four p.m. on January 9 owing to calm winds and foggy situations.”
CAQM added, “The Sub Committee on GRAP hereby determine to invoke all actions underneath StageIII (‘Extreme’Air High quality of Delhi) of revised Schedule of GRAP, with instant impact in proper earnest by all of the companies involved in Delhi-NCR, along with the Stage-l and II actions already in drive.”
Moreover, it suggested all of the companies to maintain strict vigil and intensify measures of the revised GRAP schedule to make sure that the AQI ranges don’t slip additional. It assured that the sub-committee is carefully monitoring the state of affairs and can assessment the state of affairs every now and then for additional acceptable selections relying upon the Air High quality in Delhi and the forecast made by IMD/IITM.
