New Delhi: As of Thursday, the air quality in the Delhi-NCR region remained poor for the fourth straight day even as the city government ordered the implementation of pollution mitigation measures and anti-smog guns have been deployed to tackle the crisis.
On Thursday, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi stood at 256, in the ‘Poor’ category as per SAFAR-India and Noida recorded an AQI of 256 — also in the ‘Poor’ category.
Visuals showed an anti-smog gun sprinkling water in Anand Vihar.
According to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Delhi recorded the worst air quality in three years on this Dussehra, primarily owing to the late arrival of the festival at October end.
The analysis revealed that the average PM2.5 concentration in Delhi on Dussehra, which was celebrated on Tuesday, stood at 101 micrograms per cubic metre, compared to 89 micrograms per cubic metre in 2022 and 93 micrograms per cubic metre in 2021, news agency PTI reported.
