Delhi's maximum temperature settles at 19.5° C, air quality 'poor'
The Hindu
The air quality was recorded in the 'poor' category as the 24-hour Air Quality Index stood at 224 at 4 pm.
The maximum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 19.5 degrees Celsius on February 5, four notches below the season's average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
According to the IMD, several parts of the city witnessed dense fog in the morning and the minimum temperature settled at 6.9 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
The visibility at the Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative data for the city, was 100 metres at 8.30 am. Visibility at the Palam observatory was 50 metres.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.