Delhi has become a gas chamber since Diwali with AQI crossing the 420 mark on multiple occasions since the past few days.
Today, the overall AQI in Delhi has once again increased while slipping to 425. Also, Anand Vihar has recorded an AQI at 691, which is alarming. The situation sears near to an AQI of 700 which marks an ‘emergency’.
On October 31, the AQI had eased a bit and was reported at 412.
With this, many parts of Delhi NCR are reporting air quality in ‘severe’ category. However, isolated pockets are in ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ category.
Winds still continue to remain calm in Delhi and NCR. Light winds usually start blowing in Delhi in the afternoon hours. However, these light winds are of no use as they fail to disperse the pollutants.
The local pollutants, as well as smoke from stubble burning from neighboring states, are increasing day by day over the region. Added to this, weather conditions continue to remain unfavorable for Delhi and NCR.
We do not expect any significant relief from pollution for at least the next 24 hours until November 3. Wind speed may increase to some extent and there are chances of thundery activities also. However, chances of rain are very less. If rains appear, these will be observed in isolated pockets and will be very light.
There will not be any impact of these weather activities over Pollution. We expect pollution levels will start decreasing from November 4 onward due to further increase in wind speed. A ray of hope will emerge around November 5, when the ongoing pollution might come down to ‘poor’ category. Some places might still observe air quality in ‘very poor’ category.
Not just Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore too is getting affected by the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana with AQI as high as 420, recently Pakistan’s Lahore has also joined the list of sufferers.
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