Delhi pollution level today: Delhi AQI deteriorates to “severe” category | Delhi News


NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday deteriorated to the category of ‘severe’, likely to affect people’s health, according to the Delhi Pollution Data from the Control Committee (DPCC).
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The AQI at Alipur was at 432 while it stood at 427 and 409 at Mundka and Wazirpur, respectively.

According to experts, the severe category affects people’s health and seriously affects those with existing diseases.

An AQI between 0-50 is marked as good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201-300 is bad, 301-400 is very bad, and 401-500 is considered severe.
Amid rising pollution levels, people are having trouble breathing and some children have started to get throat problems from the polluted air.
Recently, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) filed with the Delhi High Court which has issued instructions to the enforcement agencies including the State Pollution Control Boards, construction agencies, municipal bodies, the traffic police and Delhi department of transport and NCR for a strict action against the air. polluting activities.
On Friday, a petition filed in the Delhi High Court requested instructions from the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue new orders and instructions as soon as possible to put a strict ban on firecrackers Y burning effigies to avoid further air pollution. He also sought instructions from the environment department, the Delhi government and the Union Ministry of the Environment to come up with eco-friendly ways to celebrate Dusshera. The petitioners urged the court to order the relevant departments to take immediate and appropriate action to ban the burning of effigies and firecrackers in Delhi at the Dussehra festival in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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