According to the CPCB’s Sameer app, 13 monitoring stations in Delhi reported air quality in the 'severe' category, while 25 stations recorded 'very poor' air quality with readings above 300.
Several parts of the city registered alarming pollution levels, with AQI readings exceeding 400. Earlier Saturday, air quality in capital remained in 'very poor' category.
Despite the overall improvement, 11 out of Delhi's 38 monitoring stations continued to record AQI in 'very poor' range with reading above 300, data from CPCB's Sameer app showed.
Homeless people continued to take to night shelters to escape the cold in Delhi. The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has set up 235 pagoda tents to provide shelter to the homeless.
According to Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi's AQI was 224 at 8 am Tuesday, ranging between 254 and 214 in different parts of the national capital.
Early Friday morning, Delhi’s air quality index was recorded at 329.The city also witnessed season’s coldest night so far with the night time temp dropping to 9.5 degrees Celsius.
Delhi residents attribute the key reason for the rising pollution levels to the increased number of vehicles running even after government restrictions.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
COMMENTS