New Delhi: A thick layer of smog enveloped Delhi on Tuesday morning as the town’s air high quality deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ class with 27 monitoring stations falling within the crimson zone, the Central Air pollution Management Board mentioned.
The town’s air high quality index (AQI) was recorded at 317 at 9 am on Tuesday, it mentioned.
This deterioration in air high quality led to prompting enforcement of Stage II of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP) within the nationwide capital, which enforces a ban on the usage of coal and firewood, together with tandoors in motels, eating places, and open eateries, in addition to diesel generator units, aside from emergency and important providers.
A number of areas together with Mundka, Bawana, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Alipur, Ashok Vihar, Aya Nagar, Burari, Dwarka, Mandir Marg, dropped to the ‘very poor’ class.
In the meantime, as the town grapples with air pollution, Delhi recorded a minimal temperature of 20.four levels Celsius, two notches above regular.
Humidity was at 93 % at 8.30 am, in response to the India Meteorological Division (IMD).
The climate workplace has predicted clear sky for the day, with the utmost temperature more likely to settle round 35 levels Celsius.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
