New Delhi: The air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the ‘very poor’ category, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 319 on Saturday. As per the government agencies, 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’.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the concentrations of PM 2.5 and PM 10 stood at 123 in the ‘very poor’ and 204 in the ‘poor’ category respectively.
The Delhi government has extended the ban on the entry of non-essential trucks in the national capital till further orders. Also, temperatures dropped further in the national capital today.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Delhi (in Ridge and Ayanagar), 3 degrees Celsius in Haryana (Narnaul), 0.7 degrees Celsius in Punjab (Amritsar), -1.1 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan (Churu).
Meanwhile, parts of Himachal Pradesh are covered in a blanket of snow as the region continues to receive snowfall.
(_Vinayak Barot)
