Delhis air quality very poor strong winds to bring relief Sunday onwards
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI Delhi recorded its air quality in the very poor category on Friday and strong surface winds are likely to bring some relief from high pollution levels Sunday onwards authorities saidThe city recorded its 24-hour average air quality index at 347 down from at 375 on WednesdayNeighbouring Faridabad 349 Ghaziabad 360 Greater Noida 308 Gurugram 323 and Noida 336 also recorded their air quality in the very poor categoryThe air quality is likely improve significantly from November 21 owing to relatively strong winds and reach poor category PM25 to be the predominant pollutant the central governments Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi saidAccording to the Ministry of Earth Sciences air quality monitor SAFAR 773 farm fires in neighbouring regions accounted for two per cent of Delhis PM25 pollution on ThursdayThe stubble burning contribution is negligible because the transport-level winds are coming from the east direction preventing intrusion of pollutantsEarlier in the day Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai urged his Union counterpart Bhupender Yadav to call a joint meeting and prepare an action plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCRRai also cited a study from Indian Institute of Tropical Management IITM a central government-run body that external sources accounted for 69 per cent share in Delhis air pollution between October 24 and November 8He said that a similar study by TERI in 2016 had shown that 64 per cent pollution is due to external sources and 36 per cent pollution is due internal source of DelhiTo combat pollution the Delhi government on Wednesday issued 10 directions including a ban on the entry of trucks carrying non-essential items in the city and closure of schools and colleges till further ordersThe Delhi government has banned construction and demolition activities in the city till November 21 It has also ordered its employees to work from home till SundayThe city government had earlier announced the closure of all schools colleges and educational institutions till Sunday and banned construction and demolition activities till November 17Rai said 1000 private CNG buses will be hired to strengthen the public transport system PTI GVS KJ
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI Delhi recorded its air quality in the very poor category on Friday and strong surface winds are likely to bring some relief from high pollution levels Sunday onwards authorities saidThe city recorded its 24-hour average air quality index at 347 down from at 375 on WednesdayNeighbouring Faridabad 349 Ghaziabad 360 Greater Noida 308 Gurugram 323 and Noida 336 also recorded their air quality in the very poor categoryThe air quality is likely improve significantly from November 21 owing to relatively strong winds and reach poor category PM25 to be the predominant pollutant the central governments Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi saidAccording to the Ministry of Earth Sciences air quality monitor SAFAR 773 farm fires in neighbouring regions accounted for two per cent of Delhis PM25 pollution on ThursdayThe stubble burning contribution is negligible because the transport-level winds are coming from the east direction preventing intrusion of pollutantsEarlier in the day Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai urged his Union counterpart Bhupender Yadav to call a joint meeting and prepare an action plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCRRai also cited a study from Indian Institute of Tropical Management IITM a central government-run body that external sources accounted for 69 per cent share in Delhis air pollution between October 24 and November 8He said that a similar study by TERI in 2016 had shown that 64 per cent pollution is due to external sources and 36 per cent pollution is due internal source of DelhiTo combat pollution the Delhi government on Wednesday issued 10 directions including a ban on the entry of trucks carrying non-essential items in the city and closure of schools and colleges till further ordersThe Delhi government has banned construction and demolition activities in the city till November 21 It has also ordered its employees to work from home till SundayThe city government had earlier announced the closure of all schools colleges and educational institutions till Sunday and banned construction and demolition activities till November 17Rai said 1000 private CNG buses will be hired to strengthen the public transport system PTI GVS KJ
