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Delhi’s air quality in ''severe'' zone, may enter ''emergency'' category

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality on Wednesday was in the severe category but pollution levels are expected to enter the “severe-plus” or “emergency” category later in the day.

Delhi’s air quality in ''severe'' zone, may enter ''emergency'' category

The AQI in adjoining areas of Noida and Greater Noida was recorded at 472 and 462, respectively, while Faridabad and Gurugram had an AQI of 441 and 448, respectively. File photo



New Delhi, November 13

Delhi’s air quality on Wednesday was in the severe category but pollution levels are expected to enter the “severe-plus” or “emergency” category later in the day.

The AQI in adjoining areas of Noida and Greater Noida was recorded at 472 and 462, respectively, while Faridabad and Gurugram had an AQI of 441 and 448, respectively.

On Wednesday morning, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 14.2 degrees Celsius. Humidity was recorded at 81 per cent.

The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy skies for the days with the maximum likely to hover around 29 degrees Celsius.

The noxious haze returned to Delhi and its suburbs on Tuesday with raging stubble fires in neighbouring states, fall in the temperature and wind speed pushing the city’s air quality in the “severe” zone.

The government’s air quality monitor, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), said pollution levels in Delhi-NCR are expected to enter the “severe-plus” or “emergency” category on Wednesday.

According to the Central Pollution Control Bureau, Delhi’s overall air quality index (AQI) read 425 at 4 pm and 437 at 9 pm on Tuesday. It was 360 at 4 pm on Monday.

On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a high of 28 degrees Celsius and a low of 11.7 degrees Celsius, the lowest of the season so far. PTI

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