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Share of stubble burning to Delhi's pollution rises to 46%, highest this year, says SAFAR; air quality remains severe at 484 AQI

Press Trust of India • November 1, 2019, 19:52:05 IST
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The share of stubble burning from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in Delhi’s pollution rose to 46 percent on Friday, the highest this year, government agency SAFAR said as the air quality in the national capital nose-dived further

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Share of stubble burning to Delhi's pollution rises to 46%, highest this year, says SAFAR; air quality remains severe at 484 AQI

Delhi: The share of stubble burning from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in Delhi’s pollution rose to 46 percent on Friday, the highest this year, government agency SAFAR said as the air quality in the national capital nose-dived further. [caption id=“attachment_7587161” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]Paddy stubble burns in a farm on the outskrits of Amritsar. PTI Paddy stubble burns in a farm on the outskirts of Amritsar. PTI[/caption] As the pollution levels entered the “severe plus” category", the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till 5 November. It also asked implementing agencies to take immediate stringent action to stop stubble-burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, the share of stubble burning in Delhi’s pollution rose to 46 percent on Friday, with farm fires continuing to rage in Haryana and Punjab. “The effective stubble fire counts of Northern west India (Haryana and Punjab) is showing an increasing trend and on its peak value of this year (3,178) which has increased its share significantly to 46 percent,” the SAFAR said. Factors that remained unfavourable towards the dispersion of pollutants included low surface wind speed, dust lifting and low humidity, the SAFAR said. However, a positive development is that now transport-level wind direction is westerly but the relief is “short-lived”, the agency noted. [caption id=“attachment_7587141” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]A view of Rajpath shrouded in smog in New Delhi. PTI A view of Rajpath shrouded in smog in New Delhi. PTI[/caption] “A slight improvement in AQI is expected by tomorrow but in the same severe category. By 3 November, significant improvement in air quality to the upper end of very poor is expected and by November 4 further improvement to the very poor category is expected,” the SAFAR said.

हमें समझना पड़ेगा बीमारी क्या है और उसका इलाज क्या है। इस समय दिल्ली के ऊपर चारों तरफ पराली जलने से पैदा हुआ धुआं छाया हुआ है

दिल्ली की जनता अब खट्टर, कैप्टन और केंद्र सरकार से कंक्रीट टाइमलाइन चाहती है, की वो पराली जलाने पर रोक कब लगाएंगे? - @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/BQ1m4UFot5

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 1, 2019

The overall Air Quality Index of Delhi was recorded in the “severe” category at 484 at 3 pm with almost all monitoring stations recording “severe” air quality, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said. An AQI between 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’ and 401-500 ‘severe’. Above 500 falls in the ‘severe-plus emergency’ category. In a letter to the chief secretaries of Punjab and Haryana, EPCA chief Bhure Lal said, “The EPCA has directed implementing agencies to take immediate stringent actions to stop stubble-burning in neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.”

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