Air quality in Delhi expected to fall drastically

In the national capital on Friday (October 18) morning air quality reached the “very poor” category and is expected to fall drastically by the weekend. Delhi’s overall air quality index stood at 306 on Friday. It was 270 on Thursday. AQI Delhi Technological The university has 312, Dwarka Sector Eight 316, Narela 310, Wazirpur 312 and Bawana 341.

AQI is’ good ‘if it is between zero and 50, while’ satisfactory ‘when it is between 51 and 100,’ medium ‘between 101 and 200,’ bad ‘between 201 and 300, between 301 and 400’ Very poor ‘and being between 401 and 500 is considered’ severe ‘.

The Center-run Air Quality and Weather Forecasting System and Research (SAFAR) said that at present the deterioration of air quality is gradually causing adverse changes in weather conditions. In the Delhi environment on Friday (October 18), the participation of stubble burning in PM 2.5 concentrations increased to 10 percent. According to SAFAR’s data, on Saturday (October 12) it is projected to grow by 18 per cent.

The travel report states that there has been an increase in stray burns in Haryana, Punjab, western Uttar Pradesh and adjoining border areas for the last three days. The maximum incidents of stubble burning occur between October 15 and November 15 in Punjab and surrounding states. It is one of the major causes of air pollution in Delhi-NCR. Despite the ban on burning straw in Punjab and Haryana, farmers are doing so in the absence of financial incentives.

State governments are providing 50 to 80 percent subsidy to farmers and cooperatives to purchase modern agricultural equipment for proper management of straw and to conduct awareness campaign against burning of straw. The Delhi government has repeatedly emphasized that stubble burning was the main reason for Delhi’s deteriorating air quality. The Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority appointed by the Supreme Court has said that pollution prevention and health of the local people is our FIR in Delhi.

Kuldeep Srivastava, a senior scientist of the India Meteorological Department, said that the winds are moving slowly in the east direction. This slow wind speed is not suitable for scattering of pollutants. There is an active Western Disturbance in parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana. The effect of stubble burning is expected to be slightly less here.

Srivastava said, “The wind speed is likely to increase after October 20 as a result of which the air quality of the city can be expected to improve.” The Meteorological Department officials said that the visibility level in Safdarjung and Palam areas fell from 2,30 meters at 5:30 pm to 1,500 meters at 8:30 pm due to haze due to pollution on Thursday (October 17).