NEW DELHI: The average air quality across the capital turned hazardous on Thursday morning, reaching ‘severe’ levels as burning of harvest residue in northern India soared to the highest this season. Average Air Quality Index rose to 508 by noon on Thursday as unfavourable wind carried toxic fumes nearly 5,000 fires in farms of Punjab, … Read more
Stubble burning from neighbouring states contributed to the ‘very poor’ AQI of Delhi. (PTI Photo) According to a bulletin from SAFAR, the air quality failed to improve as expected even when the wind conditions were better because of the high stubble burning Delhi continues to experience ‘very poor’ quality air as farm fires increased to … Read more
Delhi Air Quality, Air Pollution level: The month of October brings menace of air pollution to Delhi. Like previous years, this year too, Air Quality in the national capital started witnessing a major drop. While the stubble burning remains one of the reasons, there are several other factors that deteriorate the air quality and result … Read more
The current air quality index at 12 PM shows an AQI of 286 for Delhi and the measure comes under the ‘poor’ category. (Representative image by Reuters) Delhi Air Quality Index, Air Pollution: The overall Delhi Air Quality continues to remain in the higher end of the poor category on Wednesday with the rise of … Read more
For over a week, the 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) has been on a rise and on Friday, it touched 180 in the ‘moderate’ range. Delhi’s air pollution has been a concern for years now. Every year, during the months of October-November, the air quality falls into the poor category and the air quality … Read more
Delhi Air Quality Index, Air Pollution: However, the deterioration in AQI is likely to be less as compared to 2019 in the last week of September to the 1st week of October, the SAFAR noted. (Representative image by Reuters) Delhi Air Quality Index, Air Pollution: People in the national capital breathed a sigh of relief … Read more