New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality worsened to severe category on Monday morning amid severe cold wave conditions.
As per reports, the visibility dropped to zero in Punjab’s Bhatinda, Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow (Amausi), and Agra at 5:30am. It was 25 metres in Amritsar (Punjab), Ambala (Haryana), and Delhi’s Safdarjung.
The minimum temperature on Sunday was five degrees below normal for this time of the year. It was the lowest in two years.
The IMD issued a yellow alert for Monday, forecasting the cold wave to continue in the region before abating on Tuesday.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the hourly air quality index (AQI) was 402 at 8am. On Sunday, the average 24-hour AQI was 371 in the “very poor” category.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.
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