国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Air pollution slides towards severe level in Indian capital

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-26 15:49:30|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Air pollution is worsening in the Indian capital and its nearby cities with each passing day.

Air quality in Delhi slided towards severe level Friday, with less than two weeks left for Diwali, the festival of lights, when pollution levels peak mainly because of bursting of fire crackers by revellers.

In the morning, air quality index (AQI) dipped to 358 from Thursday's 337, considered very poor category. An AQI between O and 50 is said to be good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe.

Delhi's air quality has been hovering between poor and very poor categories since Monday. Its neighboring cities like Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad have also been experiencing high pollution levels for the past five days.

State-owned System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) which monitors pollution levels has predicted very poor air quality in Delhi in the next 24 hours.

Alarmed at the situation, Delhi's Environment Minister Imran Hussain Tuesday reviewed an action plan for implementing the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). GRAP kicks in when AQI touches severe levels as mandated by the country's Supreme Court.

The country's Supreme Court has already ordered a partial ban on bursting of crackers during Diwali to keep pollution levels lower than in previous years. The court ruled that people can burst "green firecrackers" from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. only on Diwali.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001375604891
主站蜘蛛池模板: 保山市| 湘潭县| 荃湾区| 涪陵区| 韶关市| 栾城县| 油尖旺区| 元阳县| 宜君县| 兴宁市| 梨树县| 满洲里市| 华容县| 太仆寺旗| 定南县| 沙湾县| 凌海市| 崇州市| 潞城市| 濉溪县| 湖南省| 永宁县| 正定县| 宁蒗| 承德市| 青冈县| 武乡县| 亚东县| 华阴市| 绥宁县| 鄂托克旗| 中江县| 侯马市| 黎城县| 丰都县| 河南省| 克什克腾旗| 本溪市| 济源市| 专栏| 清流县|