The air pollution in the national capital remained in the ‘very poor’ category with an overall air quality index (AQI) of 339.
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) stated, “Surface winds west southwesterly and moderate. Marginal decrease in ventilation index is forecasted, AQI is likely to marginally deteriorate to the middle-end of very poor on January 25 and 26. The middle to the higher end of the very poor category is forecasted for January 27.”
Moderate wind speed which leads to moderate dispersion, and stubble burning could be among the few reasons which lead to deterioration of AQI, SAFAR said.
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Palam and Safdarjung recorded 9.8 degrees Celsius and 8.8 degrees Celsius temperatures with a visibility of 500 meters at 5:30 am respectively, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
“Moderate fog at isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi (Safdurjung and Palam), north Madhya Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya at 5:30 am today,” the weather department said.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur city recorded a minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius. Moradabad also witnessed reduced visibility as dense fog engulfed the city. People lit the fire to keep themselves warm.