Delhi’s air quality is in the ‘very poor’ category today
New Delhi: According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the national capital’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the “poor category” on Saturday morning. The CPCB reports that around 7 a.m. on Saturday, the AQI in Delhi was recorded at 212. It was measured at 277 on Friday.
The AQI was found to be 205, 249, 278, and 168 at Alipur, Anand Vihar, Bawana, and Chandni Chowk, Delhi, respectively. AQI was measured at 212 in Dwarka Sec 8, 247 in Nehru Nagar, 247 in IGI Airport (T3), 253 in Rohini, 242 in Pusa, and 264 in Mundka.
AQI values fall into one of the following categories: acceptable (zero to fifty), satisfactory (51 to 100), moderate (101 to 200), poor (201 to 300), extremely poor (301 to 400), and severe (401 to 500).
The India Meteorological Department reports that at 5:30 am on Saturday, the temperature in Delhi was 9.4 degrees Celsius. A number of homeless individuals were still seeking shelter at night shelters.
Officials claim that 235 pagoda tents have been erected by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to house the homeless.
The national capital’s temperatures increased by around 4–5 degrees Celsius on Friday, according to IMD scientist Soma Sen Roy, one day after Delhi was hit by a cold wave.
With the lowest temperatures dropping to 4.9 degrees Celsius and the highest temperatures reaching 23 degrees Celsius, Delhi saw the coldest December morning on Wednesday, according to the IMD.
The IMD forecast that lowest temperatures will stabilize around 8 to 9 degrees Celsius during the following five to seven days, attributing the abrupt temperature decrease to a western disturbance.
“The western disturbance was the cause of the abrupt temperature decrease, which was between four and five degrees Celsius. Yesterday, Delhi was hit by a cold wave. But today, the temperature has increased by around 4–5 degrees Celsius. According to Sen, the following five to seven days will see minimum temperatures of 8 to 9 degrees Celsius and high temperatures of 22 to 24 degrees Celsius.
She said that fog conditions in northwest India are probably going to continue.
Additionally, on the 16th and 17th, fog conditions are predicted to develop in eastern Uttar Pradesh. It is also expected that fog would continue to exist in northwest India. In the meanwhile, 12–20 centimeters of rain are predicted to fall in southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala. Fog conditions are also present in northeast India,” the IMD spokesman said.
