Delhi, October 30: It has become extremely difficult for the people in the city to breathe normally as the air quality has turned worse.┬аAccording to Air Quality Index (AQI) data, the major pollutants┬аPM 2.5 at 500 (severe) and PM 10 at 379 (very poor) has been recorded in┬аLodhi Road area.┬аInfact on the Diwali night, many areas in the city recorded an AQI of 999, beyond which reading is not possible, on Diwali night. The prescribed limit is 60. Poor Air Quality in Delhi: NASA Satellite Image Shows Stubble Burning in Punjab and Haryana, Fire Map Indicates Alarming Situation.
Adding to the woes is the stubble burning practice in the┬аneighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and other North Indian states. In the latest images shared by NASA in their┬аfire map,┬аit is visible that the states of Punjab and Haryana saw heavy stubble burning in the past 24 hours.
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#Delhi: Major pollutants PM 2.5 at 500 (severe) and PM 10 at 379 (very poor), in Lodhi Road area, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data. pic.twitter.com/4YCJOnCvoD
тАФ ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2019
On the Diwali night,┬аAQI in areas such as RK Puram, Patparganj, Satyawati College and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium hit the maximum level of 999, which is 16 times more than the prescribed limit.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered тАШgoodтАЩ, 51 and 100 is тАШsatisfactoryтАЩ, 101 and 200 falls in the bracket of тАШmoderateтАЩ, 201 and 300 тАШpoorтАЩ, 301 and 400 тАШvery poorтАЩ, and 401 and 500 are considered as тАШsevereтАЩ.
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