Delhi on Friday woke up to very poor air quality with AQI at 301 at 7 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website. This marks the drastic degradation of the air quality as compared to a day earlier, when the air quality was recorded at 236 at 7 am. The NCR continued to grapple with the aftermath of a thick haze that blanketed the region for nearly 11 hours from late Wednesday night to Thursday morning. The dense layer of dust severely impacted visibility and pushed pollution levels to hazardous highs.
At the Indira Gandhi International Airport, visibility plummeted dramatically from 4,500 metres at 10pm on Wednesday to just 1,200 metres by 11:30pm, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The sharp decline was attributed to dust-laden winds blowing in from western Rajasthan.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’. The weather department has predicted strong surface winds during the day. On Friday morning, the highest AQI of 410 was recorded in Wazirpur, while the lowest 216, was recorded at ITO.
Earlier on Thursday, AQI in some regions went up to 500. Aam Admi Party (AAP) took to their official X account to target BJP for not controlling the pollution.
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