Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad too recorded 'very poor' overall air quality.
In
a major relief for the residents of Delhi-NCR,
the air quality on Wednesday morning further improved. The air
quality index in the national capital dropped from yesterday's 365 to
356 at 6:30 am. The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor,
SAFAR, said, "The AQI is back to 'very poor' category after
rapidly recovering from 'severe' largely due to faster boundary layer
winds (40 kmph)."
Gurgaon,
Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad too recorded 'very poor' overall air
quality.
An
AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 satisfactory, 101-200
moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor, and 401-500 severe. Above
500 is severe-plus emergency category.
The
India Meteorological Department said winds gusting up to 25 kmph were
flushing out pollutants faster.
"There
are good chances of rains in northwest India on Wednesday night and
Thursday due to a western disturbance. The precipitation will cover
Delhi-NCR, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh," head of IMD's
regional weather forecasting centre of Kuldeep Srivastava, said.
Taking
a grim view of the surge in pollution levels, the Supreme Court on
Monday slammed authorities for failing to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR
and said they have left people to die.
Passing
a slew of other directions to prevent the rise in air
pollution levels, it imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on anyone
carrying out construction and demolition activity in Delhi-NCR, and a
fine of Rs 5,000 on offenders involved in garbage or waste burning.
The Bench said it had “no sympathy for farmers indulging in it
(stubble burning) as they are putting lives of others at risk”.
The
odd-even scheme, which kickstarted on Monday has entered Day 3 with
only even-numbered non-transport vehicles allowed on Delhi roads. The
ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed that due to the odd-even
rule, 15 lakh vehicles have been taken off the road.
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