Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) continues to remain in the ‘extreme’ category with a slight dip as per the Central Pollution Control Board. The metropolis’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 420 at 8 am on Thursday, in contrast to 426 at 4 pm on Wednesday.
A neighborhood resident, Mahavir Singh mentioned, “The present condition is suffocating… People should be aware of it. They should wear masks when they step out of their house…People should stay at home and do their exercise inside in the clean air…”
Neighbouring Ghaziabad (369), Gurugram (396), Noida (394), Greater Noida (450), and Faridabad (413) additionally reported very dangerous air high quality. According to officers on the India Meteorological Department, a change in wind route from northwest to southeast due to a recent western disturbance affecting northwest India will assist scale back the contribution of smoke from stubble burning, however gradual wind velocity will counteract this.
Delhi govt measures
In a late-night growth on Wednesday, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai mentioned the entry of app-based taxis into Delhi has been banned in accordance to orders of the Supreme Court. He additionally mentioned the odd-even automobile rationing scheme will probably be carried out in the nationwide capital after the Supreme Court critiques its effectiveness and points an order. The matter will probably be subsequent heard on Friday.
SC rap
On Tuesday, the apex court docket questioned the effectiveness of the Delhi authorities’s automobile rationing scheme, aimed toward curbing vehicular air pollution, and referred to it as “all optics”. According to a Delhi Pollution Control Committee evaluation, the capital experiences peak air pollution from November 1 to November 15 when the variety of stubble burning incidents in Punjab and Haryana will increase. The air high quality in Delhi-NCR declined during the last two weeks due to a gradual drop in temperatures, calm winds that entice air pollution and a surge in paddy straw burning throughout Punjab and Haryana.
