New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality slipped to the moderate category on Wednesday, with the city recording an AQI of 129 after five days of satisfactory air, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute detected 19 stubble-burning events across six states, including seven each in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, four in Madhya Pradesh and one in Haryana.
Between September 15 and 30, 114 residue-burning events were recorded: Punjab 59, Uttar Pradesh 32, Madhya Pradesh 17, Haryana 3, Rajasthan 2 and Delhi 1.
At 6 pm, the IIT Delhi station recorded a poor AQI of 207, while 42 of 45 monitoring stations reported moderate and three satisfactory air quality. Under CPCB norms, 101-200 is moderate and 201-300 poor.
The Air Quality Early Warning System expects moderate conditions from October 1-3 and the following six days, with ventilation below 6,000 sq m/s and winds under 10 kmph, conditions unfavourable for pollutant dispersion.
Safdarjung recorded 34.2°C/22.4°C, Palam 32.1°C/21°C, Lodi Road 33.8°C/21.6°C, Ridge 32.9°C/18.8°C and Ayanagar 34°C/22.2°C.
The maximum rose 1.8°C and minimum 1.4°C from Tuesday. No rain was recorded in the 24 hours to 8:30 am.
