Delhi’s air quality remains a matter of serious concern. According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 346 at 7 am on Friday, placing it in the ‘very poor’ category.
AQI level was recorded above 300 in many areas of the capital.
According to CPCB data at 7 am, AQI was recorded at 354 in Anand Vihar, 367 in Ashok Vihar, 362 in ITO and 374 in RK Puram. AQI was recorded at 372 in Patparganj, 374 in Wazirpur, 370 in Chandni Chowk and 369 in Dwarka Sector 8.
According to the AQI classification, readings between 0 to 50 are considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital is also experiencing a cold wave and the temperature has dropped to around 5.4 degrees Celsius.
According to official data released at 5:30 am, many airports in northern and eastern India witnessed severely reduced visibility due to dense to very dense fog.
According to the visibility report, visibility was recorded at zero meter at the airports of Amritsar, Adampur, Chandigarh, Pathankot, Hindon and Saharanpur, with very dense fog over these areas.
Extremely poor visibility has been reported in parts of Punjab, Chandigarh and western Uttar Pradesh, raising the possibility of delays and disruption in air and road transport.
Today, visibility was 800 meters in Palam and 700 meters in Safdarjung, where there was light fog.
Meanwhile, moderate fog was observed at many other places. Visibility in Varanasi and Jammu was 200 metres, while Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh recorded 350 metres. Visibility improved slightly in Kanpur and Gorakhpur and reached around 400 metres.
A day earlier, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, Delhi’s overall air quality index (AQI) at 8 am was 352, placing it in the ‘very poor’ category.
