Air Pollution increasing in Delhi after lockdown

With the growth of contaminants in the atmosphere, the air quality in Delhi and connecting areas deteriorated, by Friday. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee data, they collected data related to Particulate Matter 2.5 was at 417 in RK Puram, in the ‘hazardous’ grouping of Air Quality Index, PM 2.5 levels in ITO were logged to be in the ‘bad’ category at 356.

The AQI in Alipur was informed to be in the ‘severe’ category at 442, in Gurugram Sector 51 it was in the ‘very poor’ category at 301.

For the past 14 days, the air quality has improved to some extent as compared to 10 NCR cities and various towns in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana.

The day-to-day typical air quality index (AQI) data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), analyzed, surveyed, and collected, displays the 14-day usual AQI of Delhi was 256 on Thursday. This got reduced significantly as compared to the average AQIs of UP’s Baghpat, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Greater Noida were in the array of 271-305; Haryana’s Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, Jind, and Panipat, in the range of 261-273; and Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi, which was 300. At 242, only Gurgaon’s 14-day average AQI was lesser than Delhi’s.

The figure of the days that had very few bad air days had their AQI between 300 and 400 was also advanced in 10 NCR towns as associated with Delhi, which had just 1 in the past 14 days. UP’s Baghpat had seven ‘very poor’ air days, highest among 10 NCR towns examined. Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi was the second highest with six such days, followed by Panipat and Muzaffarnagar, with five each. All this record directly states that the pollution level has started increasing as people have started recommencing their older daily routine.