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NO RESPITE FROM POLLUTION

The Morning Standard

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November 07, 2023

Air quality in most parts of city continued to be in severe, severe plus category, posing serious respiratory and other health issues

- IFRAH MUFTI

NO RESPITE FROM POLLUTION

THE city's air quality remained mired in the 'severe' category for a fifth consecutive day on Monday.

The overall AQI was reported to be 488 (on a scale that maxes out at 500). Within the city, some of the worst-affected areas continued to be New Moti Bagh (488) and RK Puram (466) in South Delhi, Patparganj (471) in East Delhi and ITO (402), which is in the north-eastern part of the national capital. The air quality in several other parts of the city continued to be in the severe and severe plus category, posing serious respiratory and other health issues.

The city's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI), recorded at 4 pm daily, stood at 421 on Monday, a marginal improvement from 454 on Sunday, even as a toxic haze persisted over the city for the seventh consecutive day.

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