Pollution level rises again in Delhi as air quality turns ‘very poor’
With cases of stubble burning and decline in temperature, the pollution level in the national capital has deteriorated further. The air quality has again slipped into the ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday morning in Delhi with the AQI hovering at 326, according to the latest estimates updated by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). PM2.5 remains the lead pollutant instead of PM10 as a characteristic of wintertime.
‘Very poor’ air in Delhi
According to SAFAR estimates updated at 6.30 am, most of the areas in the national capital including Delhi University, Pusa Road, Lodhi Road, Mathura Road, IIT-Delhi, Indira Gandhi International Airport (Terminal-3) recorded air quality in the ‘very poor’ category with an AQI of 336, 331, 309, 322, 319, 354 and 312. respectively.
According to SAFAR, AQI between the range of 51 and 100 is considered as ‘satisfactory’ or ‘very good’, 101-200 is ‘moderate’, 201-300 falls under the category of ‘poor’. While 300-400 is considered as ‘very poor’, levels between 401-500 fall under the ‘hazardous’ category.
