An AQI between 0-50 is taken into account good, 51 and 100 passable, 101-200 average, 201-300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor and 401-500 ’extreme’.
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A day earlier than Ballygunge had recorded AQI of 296, Bidhannagar (284) and Jadavpur (252) and Rabindra Sarobar (254)
Even 11 days after Diwali and Kali Puja festivals, air high quality remained ’very poor’ on Friday in a number of pockets of Kolkata, inflicting severe well being considerations to residents. While Ballygunge space in the southern a part of town recorded an air high quality index of 309 at 1 pm, the readings of the monitoring station at Victoria Memorial confirmed AQI at 310 and Fort William at 309, a West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) official mentioned.
All these AQI readings have been categorised as ’very poor’ in environmental phrases and indicated how the circumstances worsened in 24 hours with the onset of winter, he mentioned. In the northern a part of town, the air high quality was recorded at 286 at Bidhannagar, 218 at Rabindra Bharati University and in the south, the AQI was at 260 at Rabindra Sarobar, he mentioned. The readings have been labeled as ’poor’.
A day earlier than Ballygunge had recorded AQI of 296, Bidhannagar (284) and Jadavpur (252) and Rabindra Sarobar (254). Till every week in the past, the AQI hovered between 100-200 (average) whereas on Tuesday, the typical air high quality ranged between 160-220 in town.
An AQI between 0-50 is taken into account good, 51 and 100 passable, 101-200 average, 201-300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor and 401-500 ’extreme’. During the Kali Puja and Diwali festivals, the AQI ranged between 189 and 255 throughout town.
The official mentioned because the wintry circumstances set in and the temperature dipped under 20 levels celsius on Friday morning, circumstances of respiratory issues have began to spiral. ”An AQI between 201 and 300 causes well being alert, over 300 triggers well being warnings of emergency circumstances,” he mentioned.
Environmentalist Somendra Mohan Ghosh mentioned, ”The total inhabitants is more likely to be affected by severe well being results if there isn’t a rain brought on by despair or different climate disturbances in a number of days.”
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