October 18, 2024 9:28 PM.
Delhi-NCR has been engulfed in a layer of smog ahead of the winter season. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality of the city deteriorated to the poor category as the Air Quality Index (AQI) hit 283 this evening.
In view of the poor air quality, Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai held an emergency meeting with all concerned officials today. He said there are 13 hotspots in the national capital where the Air Quality Index has crossed three hundred.
Recently, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. P.K. Mishra, stressed the adoption of a mission-mode approach to greening central verges of roads and paving pathways, as well as open areas along roadsides, to abate dust generation in the National Capital.
Pollution levels in Delhi are likely to increase significantly in the coming days, air quality forecasts have warned, even as the national capital recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 283 and continued to remain in the ‘poor’ category for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Delhi had an AQI of 230 on Wednesday.