Delhi sees ‘moderate’ air quality for fourth consecutive day, overall AQI at 156
Click here! As per the weather office, the minimum temperature dipped a notch below normal to 19.4 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity in the national capital was recorded at 81 per cent. The weather department has predicted clear sky during the day.
The national capital has been witnessing a moderate air quality since the past four days. Yesterday, Delhi’s overall air quality index (AQI) read 180 'moderate' at 6 pm. The relative humidity recorded at 5.30 pm stood at 46 per cent, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department.
During a press conference on Monday, AAP Chief Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar spoke about the situation of pollution in the national capital. She said, “It is the political will of CM Arvind Kejriwal and the consistent efforts of people of Delhi in the war against pollution that in the Economic Survey 2021-22 report, which was tabled in the Parliament recently, it was stated that between 2016 and 2021, PM2.5 concentration (in Delhi) was reduced by 22 percent, whereas PM10 concentration reduced by 27 per cent." “In 2022, the air quality in Delhi improved further by 8%. In 2023, this improvement has reached 31%.
According to a report, in the last 8 years, excluding the COVID period, the air quality in Delhi has been the best last year…" she added. Earlier on Friday, Centre's air quality panel directed authorities in the National Capital Region to enforce a ban on coal usage in hotels and restaurants and take punitive measures against polluting industries and thermal power plants as the air quality in Delhi plunged into the "poor" category. 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
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