Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 15: Delhi’s air quality on Monday witnessed marginal improvement as the air quality in the capital city reached the lower end of the ‘very poor’ category with Air Quality Index (AQI) at 318 (overall), according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
The pollution level in the national capital Region (NCR) especially Noida and Gurugram, have also shown slight improvement.
As per the SAFAR’s bulletin, the AQI is likely to improve by tomorrow “as winds at transport level are slowing down resulting in lesser intrusion of farm fires related pollutants into Delhi”.
However, the AQI is likely to deteriorate from November 16 night onwards due to calm wind conditions. On November 17, it is likely to be in the upper end of very poor category,” said the agency.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday, will hear the Delhi government’s proposal on the imposition of a possible lockdown to curb air pollution in the national capital. Notably, Supreme Court had earlier termed the rising air pollution as an ‘emergency situation’. Owing to high levels of air pollution, schools in Delhi and Haryana have been closed and all construction activities have also been shut down.
