Generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain or drizzle are predicted on Wednesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to hover around 30 and 17 degrees Celsius.
Delhi Pollution Updates: After slightly improving, Delhi’s air quality worsened on Tuesday and continues to remain in the ‘very poor’ category. The capital’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded as 339 on Wednesday, while air quality in surrounding areas worsened with AQI 371 in Noida and 338 in Gurugram.
The city’ 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) worsened from 354 on Monday to 372 on Tuesday evening and is forecast to become worse over the next two days due to unhelpful meteorological conditions. The AQI had been slightly better at 321 on Tuesday morning before worsening.
Meanwhile, primary schools in the city are set to reopen physical classes on Wednesday after being closed on Friday, November 4. The Delhi government on Monday lifted curbs including work from home for 50 percent government employees.
Latest updates:
• Delhi’s AQI was in the ‘very poor’ category at 339 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, AQI is at 371 in Noida (UP) in ‘very poor’ category, 338 in Gurugram (Haryana) in ‘very poor’ category and 433 near Dhirpur in ‘severe’ category.
• Delhi’s air quality worsened on Tuesday evening, remaining ‘very poor’ with AQI 372 and a thick layer of smog shrouding the capital. However, several parts of the city recorded “severe” air quality, including Bawana (AQI 409), Jahangirpuri (419), Rohini (412), Vivek Vihar (412), Wazirpur (408) and Patparganj (401), as per Times of India.
• Generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain or drizzle are predicted on Wednesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to hover around 30 and 17 degrees Celsius.
• The Delhi government on Monday decided to reopen primary classes from November 9 and revoke the order asking 50 per cent of its staff to work from home in view of improvement in the city’s air quality over the last two days.
• Farm fires in Punjab dropped from 2,487 on Monday to 605 on Tuesday. Their share in Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution dipped from 14 per cent on Monday to 9 per cent on Tuesday, according to data from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute and SAFAR.
• Air quality in parts of Punjab worsened too with a thick layer of smog covering Ludhiana and Bathinda on Tuesday.
• Solving Delhi’s air pollution problem is not impossible, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. “Solving Delhi’s pollution problem is little difficult but not impossible. If Central government, state government, municipal corporation and farmers make efforts together then we can solve the problem. We should forget politics and work together regarding it,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.
(With inputs from PTI)
