NEW DELHI: The city continued to witness ‘severe’ air quality, with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recording an AQI of 410 as of 4 pm on Monday. Meanwhile, the minimum temperatures in the city showed a slight rise, with the mercury settling at 7.7 degrees Celsius in the morning.
Around 25 monitoring stations recorded severe air quality, around 13 monitoring stations recorded very poor AQI and around 1 monitoring station noted poor AQI. The highest was recorded in Wazirpur, which noted an AQI of 467.
Delhi’s air quality is likely to remain in the ‘severe’ to ‘very poor’ category for the next two days. The outlook for the subsequent six days also states that the air quality is likely to be in the ‘very poor’ band, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS).
The Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) had imposed the GRAP IV regulations across Delhi NCR as the AQI had touched severe levels two days ago and the situation showed no improvement.
According to CPCB, an AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
Meanwhile, a partly cloudy sky was witnessed on Monday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast similar conditions for Tuesday as well, along with shallow to moderate fog during the morning. IMD says that on Tuesday the maximum temperature will range between 23 and 25 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature between 7 and 9 degrees Celsius.
Safdarjung recorded a minimum temperature of 7.7 degrees Celsius, Palam 9.7 degrees Celsius, Lodhi Road 7 degrees
Celsius, the Ridge 8.8 degrees Celsius, and Ayanagar 8.6 degrees Celsius on Monday.