On Sunday morning, Delhi experienced a significant deterioration in air quality as the Air Quality Index (AQI) plummeted into the ‘severe’ category. The city also grappled with reduced visibility due to a thick blanket of fog. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported visibility at Delhi (Palam) airport to be 800 meters, a noticeable improvement from recent days. However, the IMD forecasted continued dense fog on Sunday, impacting operations at airports, highways, and railway routes.
As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI readings in various parts of Delhi reflected severe pollution levels. Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 425, Dwarka-Sector 8 had an AQI of 425, RK Puram measured 426, and Mundka reported a reading of 421. The AQI scale categorizes levels from “good” (0-50) to “severe” (401-500). The prevailing cold wave in the city was accompanied by a partly cloudy sky on Sunday, with expected maximum and minimum temperatures settling around 19 and 11 degrees Celsius.
In addition to Delhi, several parts of North India, including Jorhat, Pathankot, Jammu, Agra, and Bhatinda, experienced zero visibility on Sunday morning. The IMD highlighted visibility as low as 25 meters in Ambala and 50 meters in Bikaner, Patiala, Chandigarh, and Gwalior. The forecast anticipated dense fog conditions in various regions, including Punjab, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Madhya Pradesh, North Rajasthan, and Jharkhand, persisting from Sunday to Thursday, affecting early morning and midnight hours.
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