Straw became the enemy! Capital air becomes 'very bad', AQI crosses 300

Delhi Pollution: By the  Central Pollution Control Board, the average AQI of Delhi was recorded at 307 at 8 am today, which falls in the very poor category. Apart from this, the AQI of many areas of Delhi remains above 300.

Delhi air quality below AQI

Meanwhile political battle has once again erupted on the issue of pollution in the country's capital Delhi. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has blamed the neighboring states for the pollution.

However  at the same time, Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini has retaliated to Atishi's allegations and said that the Aam Aadmi Party has a habit of lying and blaming others for its mistakes.

Though , if we talk about the figures, there has been an increase in incidents of stubble burning in Punjab-Haryana. Along with this, a big increase in air pollution is expected in Delhi in the coming days, the main reason for which is the incidents of stubble burning in neighboring states

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Today,the air of the Delhi remains in the very poor category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the average AQI of Delhi at 8 am today is 307, which falls in the very poor category. Apart from this, the AQI of many areas of Delhi remains above 300. Delhi areas AQI

Alipur 312

Anand Vihar 362

Ashok Vihar 329

Aya Nagar 317

Bawana 356

Burari 351

Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range 288

Dwarka Sector-8 324

IGI Airport -

Dilshad Garden 215

ITO 290

Jahangirpuri 343

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 251

Lodhi Road 281

Mandir Marg 307

Mundka 324

Dwarka NSIT 279

Najafgarh 288

Narela 320

Nehru Nagar 331

North Campus 313

Okhla Phase-2 296

Patparganj 309

Punjabi Bagh 331

Pusa DPCC 262

Pusa IMD 290

RK Puram 347

Rohini 342

Shadipur 317

Sirifort 302

Sonia Vihar 335

Aurobindo Marg 289

Vivek Vihar 320

Wazirpur 346

The situation may worsen significantly on Tuesday, when stubble burning is estimated to contribute about 7% to PM2.5 concentrations in the city's air.

This deteriorating air quality has a serious impact on Delhi's AQI, which is likely to remain the same for the next few days after remaining in the "very poor" category on Monday.

The ventilation index and the height of the mixture of gases in the atmosphere are expected to increase, which theoretically aids in the rapid dispersion of pollutants. However, these improvements may not be enough to balance the significant pollution load from stubble burning.

Interestingly, the wind is blowing predominantly from the east – a pattern that historically contributed to reducing pollution from stubble burning, yet the overall air quality has deteriorated.

This indicates that changes in wind direction, particularly a shift to northwesterly winds, could further increase pollution levels by channelling more smoke from agricultural fires into Delhi.

Quality of air also starts deteriorating in NCR

Faridabad-166

Ghaziabad-256

Greater Noida-128

Gurugram-216

Noida-247

Air pollution can cause many types of diseases.