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New Delhi, Oct 26: Delhi’s total Air Quality Index (AQI), which was 349, was in the ‘very poor’category, indicating that the city’s air quality had not improved from the day before.
According to data supplied by SAFAR-India, Gurugram’s AQI was 319, while Noida, a part of the national capital region, reported an AQI of 360.
At 6 a.m. today, Lodhi Road registered an AQI of 204, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium recorded an AQI of 257, and RK Puram recorded an AQI of 283, according to statistics from the monitoring stations provided on the government website showing the National Air Quality Index.
Notably, an AQI of 0 to 50 is regarded as “excellent,” 51 to 100 as “acceptable,” 101 to 200 as “moderate,” 201 to 300 as “poor,” 301 to 400 as “extremely poor,” and 401 to 500 as “severe.”
There are numerous potential causes for the city’s air quality to improve. The state authorities used up to 150 mobile anti-smog guns on Tuesday to sprinkling water on city streets. In each of Delhi’s 70 Assembly districts, there will be two anti-smog guns to spray water.
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Delhi’s air quality may also be affected by Cyclone Sitrang. Senior scientist RK Jenamani of the Indian Meteorological Department claims that the low-pressure area caused an anti-cyclonic circulation in Delhi’s upper atmosphere. The mechanism sucked out the contaminants and scattered them because the height at which the gases and pollutants were mixing was also high.
This year, the toxins from burning stubble that often worsen Delhi’s air quality also had less of an impact because the wind direction from Haryana and Punjab abruptly altered before Diwali. By switching from a northwest to a southeast direction, it prevented Punjab’s pollution from travelling in the direction of Delhi.
