Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘severe’ category on Saturday and ‘local generated pollutants’ are accumulating here due to slow wind speed. The meteorological department gave information about this. Officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that air quality is expected to improve by Monday as the wind speed may increase.
This air quality index was on the air quality index.
On Friday, the average air quality index was recorded at 382. The average index was 341 on Thursday. This figure was 373 on Wednesday, 367 on Tuesday, 318 on Monday and 268 on Sunday. The air quality index of neighboring cities Ghaziabad was recorded at 446, Greater Noida at 401, Noida at 406 which falls in the ‘severe’ category;
Officials of the Meteorological Department said that although the direction of the wind is northwest by Monday, the minimum temperature may be further reduced. West and northwest winds flow from the icy Himalayas to the plains. IMD said that partial to moderate fog is also likely to prevail over the next two days.
VK Soni, head of the Environmental Research Center of IMD, said that the wind speed is slow which helps in freezing of locally generated pollutants.
He said, “There is moisture in the east winds, which is also creating another level of pollutants. Due to all these factors, the air quality reached the ‘severe’ category. “However, Sony said that due to the increase in wind speed, by Monday the air quality can improve and reach the ‘severe’ category. The Meteorological Department said that the minimum temperature was recorded at 11 degree Celsius in Delhi on Saturday and the maximum temperature is likely to be around 28 degree Celsius.
