Most polluted areas in the national Capital that fall in the ‘red zone’ areas in terms of poor air quality, showed lower values of major pollutants on Wednesday. Anand Vihar, Punjbai Bagh, Mundka and other areas were marked under ‘good category’ on national ambient air quality (NAQI) index after overnight drizzle that brought down the pollutants in the air
According to the available data, 21 areas in Delhi recorded ‘very poor’ air quality while 14 areas showed ‘poor’ air quality, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said.Similar conditions are likely to prevail in the coming days, according to SAFAR.
At city’s busiest junction Anand Vihar , Values of PM 10 was recorded between 800 microgram per cubic and 1100, however, on Wednesday, values were recorded at 219 and 112 for both PM 10 and 2.5. The overall air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 312 which falls in the “very poor” category, according to data by the CPCB.
Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Greater Noida and Noida recorded 'very poor' air quality while Gurugram's air quality was recorded in the 'poor' category, it said.
In Punjabi Bagh values were recorded at 180 and 101, in Bawana, the industrial area , PM 2.5 is recorded at 69, Dwarka Sec 8 204 and 70, in Najafgarh PM 2.5-50, PM 10 -112, Aand Vihar-219/112, Mundka-289/110
On Wednesday, the PM2.5 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) level was recorded at 202 while the PM10 (particles in the air with a diameter of less than 10 micrometres) was recorded at 327 in Delhi.