Key Points:
- Delhi’s Air is polluted to the extreme level since the last week.
- Winter and Stubble Burning are said to be the major reasons for this situation.
- The Covid-19 numbers have also gone up due to breathing problems caused by the Pollution.
- SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have said that the air quality will continue to be in the ‘severe’ category for a few days.
Delhi is almost unseen in the extremely polluted air that the capital is seeing since last week. The yearly crop burning rituals have been the largest contributors to this happening. The Air quality of the city has fallen to new lows in the month of November which has almost reduced the visibility levels and apparently increasing the pollutants in the air that are breathed by the residents every minute.
The average air quality index in Delhi was recorded at 477 on a scale of 500, the highest since November 3 last year, in the severe zone. This was the fifth consecutive day when Delhi’s air was in the severe category. The last time when the air stayed still in the severe category was in the year 2016 – 2017.
A tale of the same city: Picture on the left was taken on 1st September and the one on the right was taken today.#DelhiPollution #DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/cgUb4qy0q9
— Shubhrata Prakash (@shubhrata_p) November 9, 2020
SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have said that the air quality will continue to be in the ‘severe’ category for a few days.
Cardiovascular complications along with breathing issues of people are seen in the numbers of admissions in the hospital due to the exposure to the extremely low air quality, Doctors said.
IN PICTURES – DELHI CURRENTLY!
Visibility has reduced in the National Capital (Image Credits – AFP)
The India Gate under heavy smog in Delhi. (Image Credits – Ruhani Kaur / Bloomberg)
The Haj house building is almost unseen due to the increased smog in Ghaziabad, India, November 10,2020. (Image Credits – Anushree Fadnavis)
AQI of 484 was registered in Anand Vihar on Monday, the worst reading this season. (Image Credits – Anushree Fadnavis)
Delhi is choking and this ‘unusual’ condition is predicted to have no quick recovery from the ‘severe’ air pollution.
