The air quality in the region has improved significantly to moderate category, according to the SAFAR India Air Quality Service. Delhiites woke up to a warm morning and a clear sky with the minimum temperature settling at 10.1 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department said. The air quality in the region has improved … Read more
Despite the low contribution of stubble burning to PM2.5 levels, Delhi had three ‘severe’ air days between November and to 28. (File) The average air quality index for November was the worst in six years, according to Central Pollution Control Board data. November’s average AQI this year was 377. The figure for the corresponding period … 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
Odd-even rule to return to with pollution levels persist in ’emergency’ category in Delhi-NCR. (PTI Photo) Delhi’s air pollution is not expected to get better any time soon, forecast by government agencies said. On Tuesday, with an Air Quality Index recorded at 476, pollution levels persisted in ‘emergency’ category for more than 48 hours, reported … Read more
New Delhi: The share of stubble burning in Delhi‘s pollution rose to 40 per cent on Sunday, the maximum so far this season, according to a central government air quality monitoring agency. The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said 3,216 farm fires were spotted over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on … Read more
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana contributed 6 per cent to the air pollution in Delhi-NCR on Thursday, data put out by the central government’s SAFAR website show. A day earlier, this share was just 1 per cent, and had been 3 per cent each on the previous three days. The increase on Thursday coincided … Read more