New Delhi: The air quality in the national capital Delhi has again deteriorated and fallen into the ‘severe’ category, reported ANI.
IMD scientist Vijay Soni told ANI on Sunday that the AQI in the city is at around 400 but hoped to see improvement from evening onwards.
“Due to low wind speed & decrease in mixing layer height, the air quality is deteriorating in Delhi. Today the air quality has come to the severe category with AQI around 400. We will see an improvement in AQI from evening onwards,” he said.
Due to low wind speed & decrease in mixing layer height, the air quality is deteriorating in Delhi. Today the air quality has come to the severe category with AQI around 400. We will see an improvement in AQI from evening onwards: Vijay Soni, IMD scientist in Air Quality Division
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2022
The AQI in Anand Vihar crossed the 500-mark on Sunday while the quality index dipped to 379 in the Kashmiri Gate area.
The air quality in the city remained in ‘very poor’ category for the fifth straight day till Saturday before worsening to the ‘severe’ category on Sunday.
Earlier on Saturday, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala slammed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for declining air quality in Delhi. He took a jibe at Kejriwal on Twitter and said, “Thank you Kejriwal ji! You keep campaigning outside Delhi & people here continue to suffer & gasp!”
AQI in Delhi today! Above 350 in several parts!! Delhi has become a gas chamber again!
Breathing this air is like breathing poison!
Thank you Kejriwal ji! You keep campaigning outside Delhi & people here continue to suffer & gasp!
Time to vote out pollution pic.twitter.com/GEv9HOGdGc
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) December 3, 2022
The spokesperson said that Delhi continues to remain a gas chamber with AQI of nearly 350 in most parts of the city.
