Delhi: Pollution levels likely to drop, air quality still 'very poor'

Pollution levels in national capital are expected to drop on Tuesday due to an increase in wind speed even as air quality remained in 'very poor' category in morning. According to Meteorological (MeT) department, re is a possibility of strong winds in next 24 hours. At 9.44 am, Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 365. AQI at Vivek Vihar, Anand Vihar and ITO were registered at 410, 395 and 382 respectively. On Monday, city's aver AQI stood at 370 at 8.30 pm due to a slight increase in wind. 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'. An AQI above 500 falls in 'severe plus' category.

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In National Capital Region (NCR), AQI in ida was registered at 388, followed by Ghaziabad (378), Faridabad (363) and Gurgaon (361). Delhi government had on Friday directed closure of schools till vember 5 and banned construction activities after Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority declared a public health emergency as air quality plummeted. Meanwhile, minimum temperature recorded in Delhi was 17.5 degree Celsius, three tches above season's aver. According to MeT department, humidity level recorded was 74 per cent. An official said that skies will be partly cloudy later in day.

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