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There was nary respite from contamination arsenic Delhi’s aerial prime continued to stay successful the ‘poor’ class for the 4th consecutive time connected Friday. It plummeted to the ‘very poor’ class successful immoderate areas, according to authoritative data.
Delhi’s 24-hour mean aerial prime scale (AQI) was 254 astatine 4 p.m. connected Friday, up from 245 the erstwhile day, arsenic per the Central Pollution Control Board.
Five of 38 monitoring stations reported ‘very poor’ air. Anand Vihar had the worst AQI astatine 382, followed by Wazirpur (351), Jahangirpuri (342), Bawana (315), and Siri Fort (309).
An AQI of 51-100 is considered ‘satisfactory,’ 101-200 ‘moderate,’ 201-300 ‘poor,’ 301-400 ‘very poor,’ and 401-500 ‘severe.’
“The aerial prime is precise apt to beryllium successful the mediocre class from October 18 to 19. It is precise apt to beryllium successful the precocious extremity of the precise mediocre class connected October 20 successful lawsuit of further emissions from firecrackers,” said an authoritative bulletin.
Blame game
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that determination was a “delay” successful implementing the Winter Action Plan contempt ‘poor’ aerial quality.
Addressing the media, elder AAP person and erstwhile Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said, “The Winter Action Plan was launched aft a 15-day delay, conscionable to implicit formalities.”
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva called Mr. Rai’s statements “misleading”, adding that specified responses person been “consistent during AAP’s tenure”.
Mr. Sachdeva said the erstwhile AAP authorities imposed a prohibition adjacent connected greenish firecrackers and presented “inaccurate data” successful court.
“AAP continues to indulge successful appeasement authorities to delight a peculiar conception of society, which is wherefore the enactment is present struggling for its governmental endurance successful Delhi,” the elder BJP person added.
