Delhi AQI: National capital’s air quality recorded in 'moderate' category, check list
Delhi AQI: As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research SAFAR-India, the air quality in the national capital was recorded in the 'moderate' category on Friday morning.
Air quality index (AQI) at Lodhi Road is satisfactory at 72,
AQI at the Pusa Road area it is moderate at 159,
AQI near Delhi University was recorded at 313 in the 'very poor' category,
AQI in Noida is 212 which is again in the poor quality zone,
AQI in Delhi's Anand Vihar is 257,
AQI in Bawana area, it was recorded at 347 which is again in the poor zone,
AQI at R K Puram area recorded an AQI of 214,
AQI at Dwarka 8 it was recorded at 219,
AQI at Narela it was at 285 all in the poor category.
With the air quality index in Delhi dropping to the 'poor' level earlier on October 6, authorities in the National Capital Region (NCR) were asked to strictly implement measures under Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
This included a complete ban on the use of coal in roadside eateries, hotels and restaurants.
Notably, Air Quality Index is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms that are easy to understand. There are six AQI categories, namely Good Satisfactory, Moderately polluted, Poor, Very Poor, and Severe. Each of these categories is decided based on ambient concentration values of air pollutants and their likely health impacts (known as health breakpoints).
0 and 50 are considered "good”,
51 and 100 are "satisfactory",
101 and 200 are "moderate",
201 and 300 are "poor",
301 and 400 are "very poor",
401 and 450 are "severe"
450 considered as "severe "
This action came as part of the government's pollution control plan known as the 'Graded Response Action Plan' (GRAP) which is implemented in the Delhi-NCR to combat air pollution during the winter season.
- With inputs from agencies
