{"id":4898,"date":"2023-11-03T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2023-11-03T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:28:32","slug":"delhi-wakes-up-to-dense-haze-as-air-quality-turns-severe-at-many-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/delhi-wakes-up-to-dense-haze-as-air-quality-turns-severe-at-many-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi wakes up to dense haze as air quality turns ‘severe’ at many locations"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span>Pollution\u00a0<\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span>Board\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>(CPCB),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbourhoods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“severe”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday\u00a0<\/span>morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mundka\u00a0<\/span><\/span>having\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Index\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(498).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capital’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>skyline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>shrouded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>thick\u00a0<\/span>cloud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declined.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>438\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lodhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Road\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>491\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jahangirpuri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>486\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>RK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Puram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>473\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IGI\u00a0<\/span>Airport\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(T3),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CPCB.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span>Index\u00a0<\/span>(AQI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>technique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effectively\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>understandably\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communicating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reduces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complex\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>caused\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>different\u00a0<\/span>pollutants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>single\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>index\u00a0<\/span><\/span>value),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>colour,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nomenclature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>0\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>100,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>considered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>good;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>100\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>200,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moderate;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>200\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>poor;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>400,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>poor;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>400\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>500\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severe;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>influence\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>healthy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disorders.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dropped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“severe”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Noida\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locales,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sectors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>62,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>116\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recording\u00a0<\/span><\/span>483,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>413\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>415,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>respectively.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>closing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>private\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elementary\u00a0<\/span>schools\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span>(CAQM)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>third\u00a0<\/span>phase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Graded\u00a0<\/span>Response\u00a0<\/span>Action\u00a0<\/span>Plan\u00a0<\/span>(GRAP)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deteriorating\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>AQI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>falls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>401\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>450\u00a0<\/span><\/span>points\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Severe,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GRAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Stage\u00a0<\/span>III.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>impose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severe\u00a0<\/span>limitations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>III\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petrol\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diesel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four-wheelers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>specific\u00a0<\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>part\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>combat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>stop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in-person\u00a0<\/span>instruction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>students\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>grades\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Class\u00a0<\/span>5.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>school\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lessons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suspended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>subcommittee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>examined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>regional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scenario\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IMD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IITM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>projections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>index.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span>(CAQM)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>released\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>prohibited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Capital\u00a0<\/span>Region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(NCR).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>announcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>went\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exceptions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>projects\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pertaining\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interstate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bus\u00a0<\/span>terminals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>airports,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>metro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>services,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>railway\u00a0<\/span><\/span>services,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defense-related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>healthcare-related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span>watering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suppressant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>application,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>frequency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>automated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>road\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sweeping.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Drilling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>boring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earthmoving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>related\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>excavation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>permitted.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announcement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mining,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crushing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-essential\u00a0<\/span><\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>banned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI: According\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0Pollution\u00a0Control\u00a0Board\u00a0(CPCB),\u00a0the\u00a0air\u00a0quality\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0Delhi\u00a0neighbourhoods\u00a0fell\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0“severe”\u00a0category\u00a0on\u00a0Friday\u00a0morning,\u00a0with\u00a0Mundka\u00a0having\u00a0the\u00a0highest\u00a0Air\u00a0Quality\u00a0Index\u00a0(498). The\u00a0national\u00a0capital’s\u00a0skyline\u00a0was\u00a0shrouded\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0thick\u00a0cloud\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0air\u00a0quality\u00a0declined. The\u00a0AQI\u00a0was\u00a0reported\u00a0at\u00a0438\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Lodhi\u00a0Road\u00a0area,\u00a0491\u00a0in\u00a0Jahangirpuri,\u00a0486\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0RK\u00a0Puram\u00a0region,\u00a0and\u00a0473\u00a0in\u00a0IGI\u00a0Airport\u00a0(T3),\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0CPCB. 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