There is little relief from air pollution in Delhi-NCR. It has now moved from a very poor category to a poor one. Despite this, it is very dangerous for health, especially for the elderly and children. The increase in respiratory and lung patients in hospitals is also confirming this. At the same time, residents of Delhi-NCR, who have been facing severe levels of pollution for six consecutive days, got relief on Wednesday. Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) came down 132 points and fell from 476 to 344 as compared to Tuesday due to changing wind direction and speed improvement. PM2.5 levels also fell to 154 and PM10 levels were recorded at 285 micrograms per cubic meter. NCR cities also recorded a significant decrease in the index. All the city airs fell in a very poor category from severe levels while Gurugram recorded a poor category. although,
According to the Meteorological Department, since Tuesday night, the wind direction has changed from northwest to eastern. Wind speed has also improved. Due to this, the polluting particles in the air are not able to stay. There is a possibility of some relief on Thursday. However, Safar forecasts that from Friday the wind speed will also slow down and the wind direction will return to the northwest. This will only increase the amount of pollution in the air.
On the other hand incidents of stubble burning are still going on in the border parts of Punjab, Haryana and Pakistan. According to Safar, 2,422 cases of stubble burning were reported on Tuesday. At the same time, its smoke share in Delhi’s pollution was just three percent.
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