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The manual monitoring carried retired by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) recovered that the mean Air Quality Index (AQI) levels successful Kochi metropolis had remained successful the ‘moderate’ class successful December 2025.
The manual monitoring was conducted arsenic the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) managed by the committee astatine Vyttila and Kaloor had turned defunct. Readings recorded utilizing the manual stations implicit much than a week showed that the AQI was beneath 200. An AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. The manual monitoring was carried retired amid reports suggesting mediocre aerial prime levels successful the city.
The committee officials successful Ernakulam attributed the spike successful levels to somesthesia inversion caused by prevailing upwind conditions. Heavier winds forestall pollutants from dispersing arsenic a furniture of cooler aerial gets trapped beneath warmer air, a improvement seen connected specified occasions successful places similar Delhi, they said. However, AQI levels recorded utilizing Google’s mapping instrumentality showed readings supra 150 for implicit 20 days successful December. The AQI was 175 connected December 30 and 31 and roseate to 178 connected January 1, 2026, it said.
The committee has 3 CAAQMS, astatine Eloor, Vyttila, and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium metro station, Kaloor, managed by it. The stations astatine Eloor and Vyttila are non-functional, portion the yearly attraction declaration (AMC) of the Eloor presumption expired successful February 2025. The presumption astatine the stadium metro station, Kaloor, was earlier installed astatine Seematti, Kacheripady, but was switched disconnected connected November 19, 2022, for relocation, according to the authorities.
