Delhi AQI: Air quality is now "poor" with a reading of 266; More information here

 Delhi AQI: Air quality is now "poor" with a reading of 266; More information here

Delhi AQI: The system itself of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR-India) rated the air quality in the city as "poor" on Saturday morning thanks to an AQI of 266.

At 7:01 a.m., Lodhi Road's AQI reported at 211, which is considered to be a "poor" level, while the Pusa Road area's AQI was 193, which is considered to be a "moderate" level.

Similar to this, Gurugram's AQI was 162, which is considered to be "moderate." However, the AQI rose to 286 at the Delhi Airport (T3).

Near Delhi University, the air quality was recorded at 331, which is considered to be "very poor." The AQI in Noida (UP) was 283 and indicated that the air quality was 'bad'.

An AQI of 201 at Ayanagar indicated "poor" air quality, while an AQI of 179 in Mathura Road indicated "moderate" air quality. The AQI for the vicinity of IIT Delhi was 215. Dhirpur reported an AQI of 329, which is considered to be "very poor" for air quality.

The AQI is a tool designed to make it easier to explain the public's air quality needs by utilizing simple categories. Good, Satisfactory, Moderately Polluted, Poor, Very Poor, and Severe are the six AQI classifications. Based on the environmental air pollution concentration levels and their possible health effects, or "health breakpoints," these groups are categorized.

On the AQI scale, air quality between 0 and 50 is considered "good," 51 to 100 is considered "satisfactory," 101 to 200 is considered "moderate," 201 to 300 is considered "poor," 301 to 400 is considered "very poor," and 401 to 450 is considered "severe." When the AQI exceeds 450, the word "severe" is used.

Priyanka Kakkar, the chief spokesperson for the AAP, said earlier on October 9 at a news conference that "In 2022, the air quality in Delhi increased further by 8%. This improvement has increased by 31% as of 2023. The year 2023 had the best air quality in Delhi during the previous eight years, with the COVID era excluded.

Authorities in the National Capital Region were earlier urged to enact a ban on coal usage in hotels and restaurants by the National Air Quality Committee. As Delhi's air quality worsened to the "poor" threshold, they were also instructed to impose fines on businesses and thermal power plants that contribute to pollution.

This action was taken as a part of the government's pollution management policy, known as the "Graded Response Action Plan" (GRAP), which was implemented in the Delhi-NCR area to combat air pollution concerns during the winter.