Smog Blanket Over North India, Air Quality In "Severe" Level
NDTV
The smog blanket, while registering its presence just around Diwali, settles down in earnest towards the end of December and continues throughout January.
There has been an early onset of toxic cover across Delhi and north India this year owing to stubble burning across the north Indian states. What is also shocking is the scale of the smog cover, as well as the level of pollutants present in it. Today, Delhi's daily average AQI clocked 418 as per the 4 PM AQI Bulletin by CPCB. The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP accordingly took stock of the air quality scenario and the AQI forecast, including for the meteorological conditions as made by IMD/ IITM.Cont. (1/5)
Satellite images show the white blanked stretching across the whole of north India -- all the way down to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. In the east, it stretches well beyond Central Uttar Pradesh.
The smog blanket, while registering its presence just around Diwali, settles down in earnest towards the end of December and continues throughout January.
