According to officials, the air quality in the city remained in the ‘severe’ category for the second consecutive day on Saturday and is expected to remain the same on Sunday as well.
According to the Centre-run monitoring agency SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research), the local surface wind speed is likely to intensify slightly on Monday and Tuesday, resulting in slight improvement in air quality to ‘very poor’ level. It is possible. ,
fund for workers
In an official statement, the city government said it would deposit Rs 5,000 in the accounts of seven lakh construction workers in Delhi. The money has been sent to 2,95,000 accounts on Saturday and others will also get the amount in the next two days, the statement said.
According to SAFAR, on Saturday, the contribution of stubble burning in neighboring states was less in PM2.5, a major pollutant in Delhi’s pollution.
The current spike in air pollution is mainly due to a drop in wind speed and a drop in altitude by which pollutants can be distributed in the atmosphere.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), ‘severe’ air pollution levels affect “healthy people” and “severely affect” people with existing diseases.
According to the CPCB’s 4 pm bulletin, the air quality index of Delhi stood at 402 on Saturday, slightly lower than Friday’s 406, which is the average of the last 24 hours. AQI between 301 and 400 is ‘very poor’ and between 401 and 500 ‘severe’.