Delhi grappled with alarming air pollution ranges on Wednesday because the air high quality settled within the extreme class with an AQI of 441, in response to the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB) knowledge.
Out of the 37 monitoring stations, 32 recorded air high quality within the ‘extreme plus’ class, with AQI readings reaching as excessive as 480 at many places. The remaining stations reported ‘extreme’ air high quality.
An AQI of 400 or above warrants pressing consideration, in response to the CPCB’s colour-coded warnings.
Stage IV of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP), the strictest set of anti-pollution measures, stays in drive, together with a ban on building actions and the entry of polluting vans carrying non-essential items into Delhi.
The minimal temperature was 7.6 levels Celsius, one notch beneath the season’s regular, with the humidity degree at 93 % at 8:30 am.
The utmost temperature is prone to settle round 23 levels Celsius underneath primarily clear skies.
Throughout winters, GRAP categorises air high quality into 4 phases: Stage I (Poor, AQI 201-300), Stage II (Very Poor, AQI 301-400), Stage III (Extreme, AQI 401-450), and Stage IV (Extreme Plus, AQI above 450).
