New Delhi: Delhiites continued to breathe a deadly cocktail of toxic gases with the air quality remaining “severe” for the second day after Diwali, as pollutants largely remained trapped over the region even though winds picked up for a few hours. Meanwhile, the share of farm fires in the city’s PM2.5 pollution rose to 41% as stubble-burning began to peak in the neighbouring states.
The overall AQI in the city saw a marginal improvement from 462 on Friday to 437 on Saturday. Smog appeared again in the morning, reducing visibility to 600-800 metres between 5.30am and 9.30am. Each of the last three days has seen the share of stubble-burning in the city’s PM2.5 level touch a new season’s high. It was 25% on Diwali and36% on Friday.
According to experts, air quality remained in the “severe” zone mainly due to rising share of stubble burning, calm wind conditions, low temperatures, low mixing height and transportation of dust from Rajasthan.
This story is from the November 07, 2021 edition of The Times of India Delhi.
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