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NEW DELHI: According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city’s 24-hour mean AQI astatine 4 p.m. stood astatine 372, rising from 304 connected Monday and 279 connected Sunday. Out of 39 monitoring stations, 16 recorded readings supra 400 — a level known to earnestly interaction health.
Stations successful the ‘severe’ class included Burari, Anand Vihar, Mundka, Bawana, Vivek Vihar, Rohini, Sonia Vihar, Ashok Vihar and Punjabi Bagh.
The Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi said the city’s AQI is expected to stay successful the ‘very poor’ scope implicit the adjacent fewer days, with mist oregon haze apt during the night.Weather officials said aboveground winds are apt to stroke from the southwest astatine calm to airy speeds, picking up somewhat successful the afternoon.
Wind velocity is expected to emergence to astir 10 kmph from the northbound during the evening and night.Data showed the transport assemblage was the highest section contributor to Delhi’s contamination connected Tuesday astatine 18.4 per cent. This was followed by peripheral industries astatine 9.2 per cent and emissions from neighbouring cities including Noida (8.2 per cent), Ghaziabad (4.6 per cent), Baghpat (6.2 per cent), Panipat (3.3 per cent) and Gurugram (2.9 per cent). Transport emissions are forecast to lend 15.6 per cent connected Wednesday.On the upwind front, Delhi recorded a maximum somesthesia of 25.8°C and a minimum of 9.6°C, some marginally supra normal. The IMD has forecast fog connected Wednesday, with temperatures expected to settee astir 24°C and 8°C.
