PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations today stood at 252 in the ‘poor’ and 131 in the ‘very poor’ category, respectively. (Twitter/ANI) Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) declined to the ‘very poor’ category today, the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said. This is the first time this season that the … Read more
Experts attributed the improvement in air quality to record rainfall this monsoon. (File) This October, Delhi witnessed the cleanest air for the month since at least 2018, The Indian Express reported. The average air quality index was 173 during the month, an improvement from last year’s 265. The figures for the corresponding periods in 2019 and 2020 … Read more
Delhi has historically struggled with poor air quality, especially during the winter months. (Reuters/File) Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh recently launched a Decision Support System (DSS) integrated with the Air Quality Early Warning System for better air quality management in Delhi-NCR. The DSS was developed by Indian Institute of Tropical … Read more
The mechanism of the tower is a downdraft air cleaning system. (Image: Twitter/ Arvind Kejriwal) Smog tower: Delhi’s “smog season” is a couple of months away and, as previous years have demonstrated, the national capital requires some kind of intervention to tackle this issue. Accordingly, on Monday, the city got a ‘smog tower’ behind the … Read more
Increased transportation of people and goods leads to more fossil fuel-based emissions, and even the provision of more food leads to emissions and air pollution. Professor of atmospheric chemistry at the University of York and a director of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science in the UK, Alastair Lewis is a leading international figure in … Read more
The BJP MP has a vision to install giant air purifiers in all major crowded markets in his constituency. (Photos: Gautam Gambhir/Twitter) East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir on Sunday inaugurated the third giant air purifier of his constituency at the busy Krishna Nagar market area. Such air purifiers were earlier installed at Lajpat Nagar and … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi‘s air quality was recorded in the “poor” category on Thursday morning and is likely to deteriorate further amid a dip in the minimum temperature. A change in the wind direction has also increased the share of stubble burning in the city’s pollution slightly. Delhi’s air quality index was recorded at 272 at … Read more
Delhi Air Quality Index, air pollution update: Diwali 2020 witnessed a higher presence of all pollutants in the air than it was measured in the corresponding period last year, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The CPCB filed a report before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stating that all pollutants have been reported … Read more
The pollution level in Delhi has been on the rise. Delhi Winter Update: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, temperatures are set to fall in the national capital in the coming days. India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist RK Jenamani said that the western disturbances would cause temperatures in Delhi to fall starting today (Monday), with the decline … Read more
SAFAR also added that the impact of rainfall will be limited and the AQI might only shift from the severe category to the Very poor category and any large scale improvement in the Delhi’s air quality remains unlikely. Despite the ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the use of firecrackers during Diwali … Read more