Delhi Pollution: The air quality in the national capital continues to remain in ‘moderate’ category. The AQI was recorded 116 on Wednesday at 6 am, according to the CPCB. There has been significant improvement in the air quality which has remained moderate for past few days. The moderate air quality index has provided relief to residents. Favourable meteorological conditions were attributed to the improvement. Clear sky, strong surface winds, better mixing height, higher ventilation index, weather transition have led to changes.
Weather Forecast For Delhi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted strong surface winds to prevail during day time on Wednesday. It has predicted mainly clear sky on 5 March. The maximum and minimum temperatures will remain 26 and 11 degrees Celsius respectively. IMD in its observation noted that there has been appreciable rise in minimum temperatures and fall in maximum temperatures over Delhi/NCR during the past 24 hours. The Maximum and Minimum temperatures are currently in the range of 26 to 28°C and 14 to 16°C respectively.
AQI Across Delhi At 6 AM
Anand Vihar (143), Ashok Vihar (140), Jahangirpuri (155), Rohini (132), Pusa (121), Punjabi Bagh (113), Patparganj (123), R K Puram (114), Vivek Vihar (125), Wazirpur (158), Bawana (115).
Delhi Pollution: AQI Forecast
According to the Air Quality Early Warning System For Delhi, AQI is likely to remain ‘moderate’ from 5 to 7 March. For the next six days, the air quality is likely to be in the Moderate to Poor category. Also, forecast by IMD/IITM predicts the AQI to mainly remain in ‘Moderate’ category in coming days. The reason for this will be higher wind speeds and favourable meteorological conditions.
GRAP I Revoked, What Next?
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Monday revoked Stage-I of the extant schedule of GRAP in the entire NCR. The commission noted that the AQI of Delhi has improved considerably in last few days due to the favorable meteorological conditions prevailing in Delhi-NCR, increased mixing height and higher ventilation coefficient.
The CQAM has further instructed all the agencies to take note of various actions and the targeted timelines as noted in the comprehensive policy issued by the Commission to curb air pollution in the NCR. It has asked agencies to take appropriate actions, particularly in the dust mitigation measures for C&D activities & Roads/Open areas, which would become a pre-dominant factor in the coming months determining the air quality in Delhi-NCR.
CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revokes Stage-I of the extant schedule of GRAP in the entire NCR, with immediate effect.
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— Commission for Air Quality Management (@CAQM_Official) March 3, 2025
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