Delhi records ‘very poor’ air quality, Gr.Noida worse

A noxious haze hung over the national capital on Thursday as its air turned foul and the quality index mounted to ‘very poor’ category, for the second time this week. The East Delhi district recorded highest pollution.

Delhi’s air quality index stood at 320 at noon, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category. The particulate matter with the diameter of 2.5 microgram per cubic meter, which is too small to be filtered out of the body, is the main pollutant.

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), which come under the aegis of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, categorizes air quality in the 0-50 range as good, 51-100 as satisfactory, 101-200 as moderate, 201-300 as poor, 301-400 as very poor and above 400 as severe.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board, out of the 36 pollution monitoring stations in Delhi, the air quality index at as many as 25 stations is in the ‘very poor’ category, eight stations recorded the index in the ‘poor’ category, one recorded it to be ‘moderate’ category while two remained non-functional.

Pollution monitoring station in East Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area recorded the most polluted air at 373, followed by 361 at Shadipur and 357 at Patparganj and Mundka area. Lodhi Road logged the least air quality index.

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