It estimated the transport sector as the next biggest contributor at over 11% over the past two days.
Calculating the actual contribution of stubble smoke by factoring in the fire count recorded a day earlier, DSS said it accounted for 22.77% of Delhi's PM 2.5 on Wednesday, 20.38% on Tuesday and 23.3% on Monday a key factor that has kept Delhi's air quality index reading above 350 ("very poor") during this period.
At the same time, though transport-level winds, which blow at a height of over lkm are northwesterly and strong, surface-level winds in Delhi, which blow below 100 metres in height, have largely remained calm.
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