The Air High quality Index recorded in Delhi was 379, categorised as ‘very poor’, as of 8 am.
New Delhi:
A blanket of smog continued to envelop Delhi and NCR on Thursday because the air high quality remained within the ‘poor’ class, decreasing visibility in a number of components.
In line with the information of the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), the Air High quality Index (AQI) recorded in Delhi was 379, categorised as ‘very poor’, as of 8 am. The Air High quality Index stays within the ‘extreme’ class in Anand Vihar at 405, Ashok Vihar at 414, Bawana at 418, Dwarka Sector-8 at 401, Mundka at 413 and Wazirpur at 436.
The AQI measured at Chandni Chowk is 338, IGI Airport (T3) is 370, ITO is 355, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is 354, RK Puram is 387, Okhla Part 2 is 370, Patparganj is 381, Sonia Vihar is 394 and Aya Nagar is 359, categorized as ‘very poor’.
Some flights have been delayed since morning, as per FlightRadar24, whereas ANI reported a number of trains both getting late or rescheduled.
#WATCH | A layer of haze covers the Barapulla space in Delhi. As per the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), the air high quality within the space stays in ‘Extreme’ class.
(Drone visuals shot at 8.10 am) pic.twitter.com/CJaVOAr77Y
— ANI (@ANI) November 21, 2024
The Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM) activated Stage-IV of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP), imposing restrictions like bans on truck entry and a halt to public development initiatives. The Delhi authorities introduced that every one authorities places of work functioning underneath the Delhi Authorities and Municipal Company of Delhi will function with 50 per cent of the employees energy and the remaining 50 per cent of employees will do business from home.
Additional, a per revised GRAP pointers, it would now be necessary for NCR states to discontinue bodily lessons as much as Class V underneath GRAP Stage III and as much as Class XII underneath GRAP Stage IV. Beneath GRAP Stage IV, a “masks advisory” has been launched, urging people to put on masks when stepping open air in periods of hazardous air high quality. The revisions come even because the India Meteorological Division (IMD) has forecast average to dense fog over Delhi-NCR within the coming days, probably exacerbating the air pollution disaster.
Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi Police directed social media and e-commerce platforms to right away stop the web sale and supply of firecrackers throughout the Nationwide Capital Territory (NCT) amid rising air air pollution ranges.
#WATCH | A layer of haze covers the JLN (Jawaharlal Nehru) Stadium in Delhi. As per the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), the air high quality within the space stays in ‘Very Poor’ class.
(Drone visuals shot at 8.10 am) pic.twitter.com/Xt2zOgkpOw
— ANI (@ANI) November 21, 2024
In the meantime, poisonous foam was seen floating on the Yamuna River in Kalindi Kunj and Okhla Barrage. Visuals additionally confirmed fog overlaying the Taj Mahal amid ‘average’ air high quality in Agra.
An AQI is taken into account “poor” between ‘200 and 300’, “very poor” at ‘301 and 400’, “extreme” at ‘401-450,” and 450 and above is “extreme plus.”
With inputs from companies