Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 25: The air quality in Delhi slipped backed to “very poor” category on Thursday after showing a significant improvement the day before, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) dipped to 330 today from 280 on Wednesday morning. As per the SAFAR, the PM 10 levels was recorded at 327 in ‘poor’ category and PM 2.5 levels remained at 171 in ‘very poor’ category.
“The AQI today indicates ‘very poor’ category. Local surface winds are relatively low for the next 3 days that reduces the dispersion of pollutants leading to the deterioration of air quality but air quality is likely to be in the higher end of the ‘very poor’ category for the next two days,” SAFAR said in a bulletin.
It further said that on November 27 local surface winds are likely to increase resulting in improvement of air quality but expected to be within the ‘very poor’ category.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced that schools, colleges and educational institutions in the national capital will re-open from November 29 as the air quality in the national capital is improving.
