Delhi experiences'moderate' air quality for the fourth day in a row, with an overall AQI of 156

 Delhi experiences'moderate' air quality for the fourth day in a row, with an overall AQI of 156

According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Delhi's AQI remained in the'moderate' category at 10:30 am on October 11 with an overall AQI of 156. According to SAFAR data, the AQI at IIT Delhi was 159 at 10:30 am, while it was 200 at Delhi Airport T3—both scores falling into the "moderate" range. Gurugram scored an AQI of 152 while Noida recorded a mild AQI of 149. Ayanagar, Dhirpur, and Lodhi Road all had AQI readings of 125, 156, and 176, respectively. 

Despite the fact that the national capital's AQI was often in the moderate range, numerous locations there also had 'bad' AQI. According to statistics from the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI in Anand Vihar was 209, Wazirpur was 229, and RK Puram was 218 at 10:30 am.

The AQI scale classifies air quality checks as "good" between 0 and 50, "satisfactory" between 101 and 200, "poor" between 201 and 300, "very poor" between 301 and 400, "severe" between 401 and 450, and "severe+" when the AQI surpasses 450.

According to the meteorological office, the lowest temperature dropped to 19.4 degrees Celsius, a little below average. In the nation's capital, 81 percent relative humidity was noted. The weather service has forecast a daytime sky that is clear.

Since the previous four days, the national capital has seen mediocre air quality. At 6 o'clock yesterday, Delhi's total air quality index (AQI) was 180, or "moderate." The India Meteorological Department has given data showing that the relative humidity at 5.30 pm was 46%.

AAP Chief Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar discussed the environmental condition in the city at a news briefing on Monday. In the Economic Survey 2021-22 report, which was recently introduced in the Parliament, it was made clear that between 2016 and 2021, PM2.5 concentration (in Delhi) was reduced by 22%, whereas concentrations of PM10 was reduced by 27%. She attributed this to the political will of CM Arvind Kejriwal and the persistent efforts of the people of Delhi in the war against pollution.

"In 2022, Delhi's air quality increased by 8% more. This improvement reached 31% in 2023. The air quality in Delhi was the best last year, per a survey, in the previous 8 years, except the COVID era, she said.

As Delhi's air quality fell into the "poor" category earlier on Friday, the Centre's air quality panel ordered officials in the National Capital Region to implement a ban on the use of coal in hotels and restaurants and to take severe action against polluting enterprises and thermal power plants. The government's "Graded Response Action Plan" (GRAP), which is put into place in the Delhi-NCR to tackle air pollution during the winter, included this step in its pollution control strategy.