Thirty-six out of 38 monitoring stations recorded air pollution ranges within the ‘pink zone', indicating ‘very poor' to ‘extreme' air high quality throughout Delhi.
At 10 pm, the town's general air high quality index (AQI) was ‘very poor' at 344, with 4 stations reporting ‘extreme' air high quality (above 400).
In accordance with the SAMEER app developed by the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), the 4 stations have been Dwarka (417), Ashok Vihar (404), Wazirpur (423) and Anand Vihar (404).
Delhi's 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI), which is reported at 4 pm every single day, remained within the ‘very poor' class at 345, greater than the 326 recorded on Sunday, based on official information.
Within the afternoon, 31 out of 38 stations recorded ‘very poor' air high quality, whereas three stations fell below the ‘extreme' zone, information confirmed.The air high quality is predicted to slide into the ‘extreme' class extra broadly on Tuesday and Wednesday.The CPCB categorises AQI between 0 and 50 as ‘good', 51 and 100 ‘passable', 101 and 200 ‘reasonable', 201 and 300 ‘poor', 301 and 400 ‘very poor', and 401 and 500 ‘extreme.'
Transport emissions contributed 15.6 per cent to Delhi's air air pollution on Monday, whereas different elements, together with industries, accounted for 23.3 per cent, information from the Choice Help System (DSS) confirmed.
On Sunday, the Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM) invoked Stage II of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP) throughout Delhi-NCR.
The transfer adopted a evaluate of the sub-committee on GRAP on Saturday and forecasts by the India Meteorological Division (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
On October 15, the Supreme Courtroom allowed the sale and bursting of inexperienced firecrackers in Delhi-NCR between 6 am and seven pm and once more from 8 pm to 10 pm on Diwali eve and the day of the competition.