Delhi News Today: The minimum temperature early this morning was 17.2 degrees Celsius, close to the normal for this time of the year. Clear skies and a maximum temperature of 31 degrees are on the IMD forecast for Delhi today.
Delhi News Live Updates (October 23): Delhi recorded an AQI of 305 at 8 am on Monday according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), marking the 24-hour average in the ‘very poor’ category. A forecast issued by the Air Quality Early Warning System on Sunday said that the air quality is likely to be in this category from October 23-25. For the subsequent six days, it is likely to remain in the ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’ category. AQI from 301 to 400 is considered to be ‘very poor’ and can cause “respiratory illness on prolonged exposure”, according to the CPCB. The minimum temperature early this morning was 17.2 degrees Celsius, close to the normal for this time of the year. Clear skies and a maximum temperature of 31 degrees are on the IMD forecast for Delhi today.
Meanwhile, the Public Works Department (PWD) has issued a set of directions to engineers to control dust pollution at all the construction sites in Delhi, following orders by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). The executive engineers of all the Divisions have been directed to mandatorily visit their worksites for effective monitoring of dust emissions. Orders have been issued to install sensors at all the construction sites for monitoring particulate matter and pollution levels as well as monitor the sensor data everyday.
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In other news, the Delhi police are probing the source of “several crores” of rupees discovered in the account of the man accused of killing a Swiss woman in Delhi. According to sources, after Rs 2 crore was found during raids at the house of the accused Gurpreet Singh (33), his bank accounts were investigated, and several crores were found. Delhi police sources said they have now sought the assistance of Income Tax officials to ascertain the source of the money.
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Delhi News Live: Capital’s AQI remains ‘very poor’, likely to remain so till October 25. Follow this space for all the latest updates from Delhi-NCR.
The emission of pollutants from the transport sector has increased in Delhi and adjacent areas in the NCR over the decade — 2010 to 2020 — going by a new estimation in a recently published paper. The paper, ‘Decadal growth in emission load of major air pollutants in Delhi’, published in the Earth System Science Data journal, is by Gufran Beig, founder project director of SAFAR and chair professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies; Saroj Kumar Sahu, assistant professor at Utkal University in Bhubaneswar; and Poonam Mangaraj. According to Beig, although emissions have not declined, there seems to be a marginal improvement in annual averages (of particulate matter levels) in Delhi. “This could be due to short-term, temporary measures like the Graded Response Action Plan. But, for a permanent solution, mitigation needs to be done by taking long-term steps so emissions from the source are reduced, rather than emissions being reduced by way of imposing stringent restrictions on a temporary basis.” This could include steps like switching from fossil fuel-based vehicles to electric ones, he added.
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First published on: 23-10-2023 at 10:14 IST