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• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:36 AM

  Delhi AQI LIVE: Sonia Gandhi strikes to Jaipur amid poor air high quality in Capital

  1. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi shifted to Jaipur for the following few days to keep away from the extreme air pollution in Delhi on the recommendation of her physician and relations, individuals acquainted with the matter stated.
  2. Gandhi, who was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi, reached Jaipur late on Tuesday night. A Congress spokesperson stated Sonia Gandhi was anticipated to remain in Rajasthan for 4 to 5 days.
  3. Rahul Gandhi will go away for Delhi on Wednesday morning earlier than heading for poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. He will return on November 16 for election rallies in Rajasthan, the spokesperson stated. Read more

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:50 AM

  Delhi AQI LIVE: ‘Very poor’ situation prone to proceed until Friday

  1. Forecasts by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that there is not going to be any important change in climate over the following three days, with low temperatures and early morning calm-wind circumstances prone to persist.
  2. Forecasts by the Early Warning System (EWS) for Delhi stated the capital’s AQI is prone to be ‘very poor’ until Friday.
  3. The Decision Support System (DSS), which estimates the contribution of various sources in Delhi’s PM 2.5, on Tuesday stated Delhi’s vehicular sector was doubtless contributing round 18.8% to town’s PM 2.5 focus, with round 12.5% estimated to be coming from biomass burning, round 4.7% from industries in Delhi and round 4% from the residential sector. Read more

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:26 AM

  Delhi AQI LIVE: What is the air like now

  Delhi is presently lined with a thick haze that hinders visibility. The AQI recorded at RK Puram was 417, Punjabi Bagh (410) ITO (430) Jahangirpuri (428), Anand Vihar (355), Ashok Vihar (355), IGI Airport T3 (426) and Rohini (417).

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:13 AM

  Delhi AQI LIVE: Gautam Gambhir accuses AAP govt for low air high quality

  BJP MP Gautam Gambhir blamed the Delhi authorities for not doing something to sort out the air air pollution up to now 9 years.

  “We should talk about the issue of pollution not only during Diwali but all around the year. Delhi Government needs to spend on infrastructure. In the last nine years, no work was done on dust pollution, no new buses were brought, no vacuum cleaners or sprinkling machines were brought, and no artificial rain was done. 70 per cent of children are on Nebulizers in Delhi,” he stated.

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:32 AM

  Delhi AQI LIVE: Delhi minister takes inventory anti-pollution measures

  Delhi minister Raaj Kumar took inventory of the measures adopted to ontrol air air pollution on the Jonti Border space within the Capital and reviewed the bottom state of affairs there.

  “Pollution in Delhi has been on the rise after Diwali. We have to reduce the pollution level in Delhi and our government is continuously working for it. We have been asking the locals to cooperate,” the minister advised ANI.

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:52 AM

  Delhi-NCR air air pollution LIVE: Capital unable to shed its post-firecracker shroud

  1. The nationwide capital on Tuesday remained locked within the shackles of an oppressive smog two days after Diwali, with a mixture of low temperatures, overcast skies and calm winds holding the remnants from Sunday’s unfettered firecracker-burning trapped within the metropolis’s air, pushing the air high quality index (AQI) to the cusp of the deep pink ‘severe’ zone.
  2. The hourly PM 2.5 focus at Anand Vihar was 1,985 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) at midnight, which is a whopping 33 occasions the nationwide secure normal of 60 µg/m3, and 132 occasions the secure restrict of 15 µg/m3 given by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
  3. After the rainfall, Delhi recorded its greatest air high quality on the Diwali day up to now eight years on Sunday, with its 24-hour common AQI standing at 218 at 4 pm. However, the aid was short-lived and the AQI was recorded at 358 (very poor) on Monday.
  4. On Diwali final 12 months, Delhi recorded an AQI of 312, 382 in 2021, 414 in 2020, 337 in 2019, 281 in 2018, 319 in 2017 and 431 in 2016, in line with CPCB information, PTI reported. Read more

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:06 AM

  Delhi-NCR air pollition LIVE: Capital clocks ‘severe’ AQI

  Major elements in Delhi registered air high quality index (AQI) effectively above 400-mark, charting the air high quality within the Capital on the ‘severe’ checklist but once more. According CPCB, AQI in Anand Vihar touched 430, in RK Puram at 417, in Punjabi Bagh at 423, and in Jahangirpuri at 428.

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:44 AM

  Delhi-NCR air air pollution LIVE: 24 air high quality screens in Delhi went darkish on Tuesday

  1. As Delhi grappled with its newest air pollution disaster on Tuesday morning and didn’t shed the after-effects of the unchecked use of firecrackers on Diwali day, a contemporary downside impaired the Capital’s air pollution response — 24 of town’s 35 air high quality screens run by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) went darkish and stopped throwing up information. As a outcome, Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI) trended a lot decrease than it really was all through the day, catching residents and consultants off-guard.
  2. DPCC attributed the glitch to a server error, including that the issue didn’t impair information assortment. The glitch, which started at 7am, was rectified by 3pm and the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) 4pm AQI bulletin took into consideration information from all lively stations all through a 24-hour interval, stated the company.
  3. Still, consultants stated the blackout underlined the significance of precisely measuring air pollution ranges, particularly when town was neck-deep in one more air emergency two days after Diwali.
  4. According to the CPCB’s official Sameer app, Delhi’s common air pollution ranges hovered between 360 and 370 all through the day. For occasion, the studying at 9am on Tuesday was 362 (very poor), inaccurately giving off the impression that the air improved from 403 at 10pm on Friday. Read more

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:24 AM

  Delhi-NCR air air pollution LIVE: What is Delhi surroundings minister’s defence on ‘severe’ air situation?

  Delhi minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the nationwide capital’s ‘extreme’ air high quality index, claiming its leaders have been selling the bursting of crackers regardless of the Supreme Court’s ban. He stated Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh’s police forces have been within the occasion’s management however they didn’t cease the sale and bursting of crackers within the nationwide capital area.

  A day after Diwali, town’s air high quality entered the extreme zone but once more, posing a well being hazard to the individuals of Delhi and its adjoining areas. Read more

• Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:12 AM

  Delhi-NCR air air pollution LIVE: People gasp for contemporary air, AQI at 379

  According to SAFAR-India, air high quality index hovers effectively concerning the 300-mark making the air in Delhi-NCR ‘very poor’.