Air quality in Delhi- NCR continue to remain in “very poor” category
New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi and NCR slightly improved but continued to remain in the “very poor” category on Thursday, as the Air quality Index (AQI) stood at 340, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The air quality was also in the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday as well, with an AQI of 354. “The air quality over Delhi-NCT is likely to improve and remain in the lower end of the very poor to poor category on December 16 and poor category on the next two days,” IMD said in its morning bulletin.
The concentrations of PM 2.5 and PM 10 stood at 157 in the ‘very poor’ and 273 in the ‘poor’ category respectively around 10 am, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). According to data of Central Pollution Control Board, the neighbouring parts of Delhi, also recorded their air quality in the ”poor to very poor’ category with Faridabad at 321, Ghaziabad at 345, Gurugram at 315 and Noida sector 62, at 315.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government had decided that the entry of non-essentials trucks will remain banned in Delhi till further orders. According to IMD, the minimum temperature on Thursday is likely to settle at around 9 degree Celsius and the maximum could be 22 degree Celsius.
