Overall air high quality in Delhi continues to be within the ‘very poor’ class on Tuesday, nonetheless, within the nationwide capital, the Anand Vihar dipped to the ‘extreme’ class with PM 2.5 at 401 and PM 10 at 414 whereas the CO plunged to 103, in ‘reasonable’ class, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’; 51 and 100 ‘passable’; 101 and 200 ‘reasonable’; 201 and 300 ‘poor’; 301 and 400 ‘very poor’; and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
The Bawana station recorded PM 2.5 was at 452, and PM 10 at 404, each within the ‘extreme’ class, whereas the CO reached 88 (‘passable’).
At Aya Nagar, the PM 2.5 reached 360 and PM 10 was at 351, each underneath the ‘very poor’ class. The CO was recorded at 77, underneath the ‘passable’ class on the climate station.
The AQI monitoring station at Dwarka Sector 8 recorded PM 2.5 at 398, within the ‘very poor’ class and PM 10 at 287 (poor) whereas the CO was recorded at 86, in ‘passable’ ranges and NO2 was at 50, within the ‘good’ class.
The air high quality on the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport T3 space was within the ‘very poor’ class with PM 2.5 at 374 and PM 10 at 229, in ‘poor’ ranges.
The PM 2.5 at Okhla Phase-II was recorded at 417, within the ‘extreme’ class whereas PM 10 reached 370, putting it underneath the ‘very poor’ class. The Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) reached 100 and Carbon Monoxide (CO) was at 65, each within the passable ranges.