According to IQAir of Switzerland’s air quality index, or AQI, Delhi is now the world’s most polluted city. Next is Lahore, Pakistan.
India is ranked as having the second-most polluted city, behind Qatar, according to the World AQI website. Delhi is also listed in this index.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, tweeted that Delhi is not among Asia’s top ten most polluted cities, which also includes eight Indian towns.
India is ranked as having the second-most polluted city, behind Qatar, according to the World AQI website. Delhi is also listed in this index.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, tweeted that Delhi is not among Asia’s top ten most polluted cities, which also includes eight Indian towns.
According to SAFAR statistics, Delhi burns 2-3% of its stubble, which is less than the 15% observed at this time last year. But the data also demonstrates that fire numbers are progressively rising and are already on pace with fire counts from last year (over 1,500). System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research is abbreviated as SAFAR.
Near Greater Kailash in south Delhi, the PM2.5 pollution level is at around 400 micrograms per cubic metre right now. That is 80 times the permissible level set by the World Health Organization of 5 micrograms (annual average).
According to the news agency Press Trust of India, Delhi’s air quality crept closer to the “very bad” category this morning due to unfavourable climatic circumstances that enabled pollutants to build up. Additionally, crop residue burning and firework emissions made the situation worse.
The AQI for Delhi was 298 at 6 a.m. today. An AQI of 0 to 50 is regarded as “excellent,” 51 to 100 as “acceptable,” 101 to 200 as “moderate,” 201 to 300 as “poor,” 301 to 400 as “extremely poor,” and 401 to 500 as “severe.”
The 24-hour average AQI for the nation’s capital was 259 yesterday, the lowest reading for the day before Diwali in seven years.
However, pollution levels rose overnight as a result of a dip in temperature and wind speed as well as the use of firecrackers in a number of Delhi neighbourhoods.
According to PTI, there were 1,318 agricultural fires, which is the most this season.
This Diwali, Delhi has outlawed the manufacturing, storage, sale, and setting off of firecrackers. The penalty for breaking the prohibition is a fine and a six-month prison sentence.
