The newly-appointed Commission for Air Quality Management has said it will adopt necessary steps to reduce air pollution in Delhi, reported...
The newly-appointed Commission for Air Quality Management has said it will adopt necessary steps to reduce air pollution in Delhi, reported PTI. The panel said that it will also formulate appropriate policies and strategies to curb stubble burning.
The Central Pollution Control Board’s 24-hour average air quality index at 9 am on Tuesday was 361, which falls in the very poor category. According to the agency’s air quality index or AQI, any reading above 100 on a scale of 500 is progressively unsafe for health.
While the pollution control board uses 24-hour average data, the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ SAFAR, or System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, reports real-time figures. The government-run monitoring agency said the overall AQI struck 349 in Delhi at 10 am.
At 10 am, the situation in the National Capital Region’s Gurugram area was no better with two of four stations recording “very poor” levels of air quality in CPCB’s index. In Noida, all four stations recorded “very poor” air quality levels.
The commission released a statement on Monday after meeting three Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, including Atishi, the chairperson of Environment Committee of Delhi Assembly. The AAP leader also appealed to the commission to hold chief ministers of Haryana and Punjab...
