Delhi: 5 lakh litres of water sprinkled in 2 days to curb pollution

More than five lakh litres of water was sprinkled at 13 pollution hotspots in Delhi over past two days to hold down dust, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said on Sunday.

exercise was initiated on Saturday following orders from Delhi government on checking dust pollution in city.

13 hotspots where water was sprinkled were Rohini, Dwarka, Okhla Phase II, Punjabi Bagh, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Bawana, Narela, Mundka, and Mayapuri.

se were identified by Central Pollution Control Board.

5 lakh litres of water sprinkled in 2 days

"Within Saturday and Sunday, fire department deployed over 400 fire personnel and sprinkled more than five lakh litres of water across identified hotspots to curb pollution," Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg said.

He said a total of 20 fire tenders were pressed into service on Saturday and more fire tenders were deployed.

Delhi has been grappling with hazardous levels of pollution since late October, with air quality dipping to "severe" category a few times.

city saw a marginal improvement in air quality on Saturday morning due to a slight increase in wind speed.

Most of air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded AQI in "very poor" category on Saturday.

overall air quality index (AQI) in national capital re 234 at 4 pm, down from 312 at 4 pm on Friday.

An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered "poor", 301-400 "very poor" and 401-500 "severe".

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