Delhi breathed an improved ‘poor’ air accompanied by a windy morning. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued ‘yellow alert’ for Delhi following dense fog affecting visibility during early hours of the day.
On Friday GRAP Stage-III was removed following a better status Air Quality Index. Delhi’s AQI was recorded at 380 on Thursday, and has significantly improved. It recorded 236 AQI on Friday at 4 pm, showing a declining trend.
“Keeping in view the prevailing trend of air quality, the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP decides to revoke all actions as envisaged under Stage-III of the extant GRAP, with immediate effect, in the entire NCR. All actions under Stages I & II of extant GRAP to remain in force in NCR,” said the Environment Ministry.
Around 8 am, the national Capital recorded an AQI of 235. In several pockets of Delhi, AQI status was as follows: Anand Vihar 248, Rohini 270, ITO 219, Indira Gandhi International Airport, 148.
On Friday, the city experienced an AQI of 311 at 7 am, which has largely improved on Saturday.
In other parts of the country, Agra woke up to dense fog with zero visibility, whereas Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and Punjab saw a range of 50m. Kangra in Himachal and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh saw a moderate fog situation with a visibility range of 200m.
Delhi breathes improved ‘poor’ AQI, IMD issued yellow alert
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