New Delhi, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to the poor category on Wednesday, ending a four-day streak of moderate air quality, with one monitoring station recording very poor air quality as the AQI crossed the 300 mark.
The Air Quality Index in the city deteriorated to 229 on Wednesday from 197 on Tuesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board . Of the city’s 58 monitoring stations, Vivek Vihar recorded the worst air quality, with an AQI of 316, placing it in the very poor category. Sixteen stations recorded moderate air quality, while the remaining 41 were in the poor category. The Decision Support System for Air Quality Management in Delhi said the transport sector contributed 19.3 per cent of the city’s pollution on Wednesday. Delhi’s energy sector contributed 5 per cent; industries in Delhi and the peripheral areas, 4.8 per cent; residential sources, 5.1 per cent; construction, 2.5 per cent; waste burning, 1.8 per cent; road dust, 1.3 per cent; and other sectors, 1.3 per cent. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute said in its daily report that satellites detected 129 farm fire incidents across six states on October 27. Of these, satellites detected 33 incidents in Punjab, one in Haryana, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 46 in Rajasthan, 7 in Uttarakhand and 24 in Madhya Pradesh.
