{"id":12686,"date":"2023-11-11T03:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/delhi-air-quality-improves-slightly-after-rainfall-but-remains-in-poor-category-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T03:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T03:30:56","slug":"delhi-air-quality-improves-slightly-after-rainfall-but-remains-in-poor-category-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/delhi-air-quality-improves-slightly-after-rainfall-but-remains-in-poor-category-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi air quality improves slightly after rainfall, but remains in \u2018Poor\u2019 category &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>New Delhi: Following the rainfall on Friday, there was a slight improvement in Delhi\u2019s air quality on Saturday. The air quality, which was previously categorized as \u2018Very Poor\u2019 by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has now improved to the \u2018Poor\u2019 category.<\/p>\n<p>According to the AQI recorded at 7 am on Saturday, Anand Vihar was at 295, RK Puram at 230, Punjabi Bagh at 244, and ITO at 263.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recent rains offering a slight respite, Delhi\u2019s air quality continues to be a matter of concern. A local resident and morning walker at Kartavya Path noted, \u2018After the rains, the pollution has slightly decreased, but the bad air quality condition persists. We are still facing some problems in breathing.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Air quality across Delhi continues to be in the \u2018Poor\u2019 category as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).<\/p>\n<p>AQI in Anand Vihar at 282, in RK Puram at 220, in Punjabi Bagh at 236 and in ITO at 263 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7uCcKNMPW\">pic.twitter.com\/q7uCcKNMPW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1723152643776786786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The overall air quality in Delhi at 7 am on Friday was 407, according to data by the government\u2019s air-quality monitoring agency, SAFAR. The Air Quality Index recorded at 10 am was 361, which, according to the index range, falls in the \u2018Very Poor\u2019 category but showed a slight improvement from the \u201cSevere\u201d category.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Delhi: Vehicles entering the national capital are being checked by officials amid the pollution-related GRAP 4 regulations<\/p>\n<p>(Visuals from Ghazipur border) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tp8909aWCG\">pic.twitter.com\/Tp8909aWCG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1723071880725197049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), two stations recorded \u2018severe\u201d AQI. Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium had an AQI of 407 at 10 am on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At Shadipur, the AQI was at 405. Among the areas that had a \u2018Very Poor\u2019 air quality index were Sonia Vihar at 399, Ashok Vihar at 390, Bawana at 389, Wazirpur at 385, ITO and Jahangirpuri both recorded 381 AQI, and Vivek Vihar recorded an AQI of 380.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a dip in the levels of pollutants PM 2.5 and PM10 after 4 am across the national capital and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>For the next two days post-Diwali Sunday, the weather department has forecast a partly cloudy sky with mist or shallow fog in the mornings and thereafter, for the subsequent two days, it has forecast a mainly clear sky with shallow fog in the mornings.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi government is making efforts to execute anti-pollution measures, and it is also considering the idea of \u2018artificial rain\u2019 to curtail the pollution issue. Several ministers of the Aam Admi Party were also seen on the ground on Thursday night inspecting the execution of anti-pollution initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been implemented in the national capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the hazardous air quality in the national capital and directed that farmers should stop stubble burning forthwith in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh, saying it was one of the major contributors to air pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: Following the rainfall on Friday, there was a slight improvement in Delhi\u2019s air quality on Saturday. The air quality, which was previously categorized as \u2018Very Poor\u2019 by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has now improved to the \u2018Poor\u2019 category. According to the AQI recorded at 7 am on Saturday, Anand Vihar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12688,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12686\/revisions\/12688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}