New Delhi: As the cold wave tightened its grip on northern India, the air high quality dipped to the ‘extreme’ class on the final day of the yr, in accordance with the Central Pollution Control Board knowledge on Sunday. The Air Quality Index was recorded above 400 at a number of locations in Delhi together with Munirka, Dwarka and RK Puram. The AQI in Anand Vihar was recorded at 425, in Dwarka-Sector 8 it was 425, in RK Puram it stood at 426 and in Munirka, the AQI was recorded at 431.
Earlier this month, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) issued orders to impose a ban on non-essential development work and the operation of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi-NCR because of the deteriorating air high quality within the area.
However, sure exemptions have been granted for development work associated to nationwide safety or defence, tasks of nationwide significance, healthcare, railways, metro rail, airports, interstate bus terminals, highways, roads, flyovers, overbridges, energy transmission, pipelines, sanitation, and water provide.
Meanwhile, the minimal temperature on the Safdarjung Observatory, the town’s main climate station, was recorded at 11 levels Celsius on Sunday morning. Drone visuals from Delhi’s ITO, Subroto Park, and India Gate areas confirmed dense fog enveloping the town decreasing visibility.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast dense to very dense fog at most locations over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi, at many locations over Uttar Pradesh, at a couple of locations over Uttarakhand, at remoted locations over the northern elements of Rajasthan and dense fog at remoted locations over Jammu and Kashmir and the decrease division of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
IMD has mentioned that the mercury would plunge additional within the first week of January 2024, with temperature hovering between 10 and seven levels Celsius on the Safdarjung Observatory within the nationwide capital.
