A blanket of smog had covered the national capital, leading to which medical emergency was declared by the authorities in the state during the second week of November. The air quality had reached severe category, visibility levels had gone down drastically.
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The smoggy conditions led to poor visibility causing severe traffic jams and accidents. However, every passing day the pollution levels have decreased but still remain in the poor category. Since the last two to three days, the wind speed over the northwestern plains including Delhi and NCR has increased and the dry and cold winds from northwest direction are blowing.
The wind speed on Sunday was between 10 - 12 kmph but for few hours during the afternoon it reached up to 15 - 20 kmph. Moreover, scattered rains on Friday night helped in settling down the pollutants over Delhi and NCR.
As per Skymet Weather, dry and cold winds of moderate speed will continue to blow for the next three to four days. Thus the pollution levels are not likely to increase and Delhi will breathe smog-free air. With high wind, speed fog is also not expected to form.
At present, the AQI of Delhi is 292, Noida 259, Faridabad 228, Ghaziabad 340 and Gurgaon 327. Ghaziabad and Gurgaon are in the very poor category until now but other NCR regions have slid down to the poor category.
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