Noida records 529 AQI…
The pollution levels of the capital city has been into severe categories.
The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the `severe` category on Saturday, for the third day in a row, even though a slight improvement was noted in the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital, which stood at 431 this morning.
On Friday during the corresponding morning period the AQI of the capital city was recorded at 472.
Also, areas in the national capital region (NCR) area - Noida and Gurugram at 7 am this morning recorded an AQI of 529 and 478 respectively both in the highly toxic `severe`. Dhirpur in West Delhi recorded an AQI of 534.
On Friday, SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research) said that stubble-burning accounted for 34 per cent of Delhi`s particulate matter (PM) 2.5 pollution.
People of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) complained of choking and `eye burning` due to smog and air pollution leaving people gasping for breath.
Earlier on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann held a press conference and urged the central government to come forward and lead measures to check severe smog in the national capital region.
The Delhi government is also mulling implementing the odd-even norms for plying of vehicles in Delhi to contain the pollution caused by vehicular emission, he added.
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