The country’s capital Delhi and its adjoining areas remained covered in a blanket of poisonous smog on Monday (December 8) and the air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the 24-hour average AQI was 308, which is a serious warning for health. People’s problems have increased due to continuous falling air level in many areas of Delhi. People are forced to breathe this poisonous air.
According to Sameer App, till Sunday (December 7) evening, the air quality was recorded as ‘very poor’ in 29 monitoring centers of Delhi. Bawana area had the worst situation with AQI at 336. The AQI at 10 am was 302 and 26 stations recorded ‘very poor’ levels. As per the board’s standards, 301-400 AQI is in the ‘very poor’ category. Delhi’s decision support system reported that transportation contributed 16.5 percent of the pollution, while industrial sources contributed 8.1 percent, residential four percent and construction activities 2.3 percent.
Neighboring districts of NCR contributed significantly to pollution. According to PTI, Jhajjar accounted for 13.9 percent, Sonipat 6 percent, Rohtak 5.2 percent and Jind 2.5 percent. This week, continuous fluctuations were recorded in AQI. AQI was recorded at 279 on Sunday, 304 on Monday, 372 on Tuesday, 342 on Wednesday, 304 on Thursday and 327 on Friday. The air remained in the ‘very poor’ category every day, causing the layer of smog and dust to become increasingly dense.
According to IMD, Delhi’s maximum temperature on Sunday was recorded at 24.7 degrees Celsius and minimum at 8 degrees Celsius, both of which were below normal. The humidity in the morning was 92 percent and in the evening it was 71 percent. The Meteorological Department has predicted the minimum temperature to be 10 degrees Celsius and maximum 25 degrees Celsius for December 8. Due to the effect of western disturbance, the minimum temperature has increased by about two and a half degrees in the last three days, but the combined effect of cold and pollution seems to be making the air of the capital more heavy.
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