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Delhi air quality improves but still very poor; no end to stubble burning

Delhi air quality improves but still very poor; no end to stubble burning on Business Standard. The air quality in the national capital may see a slight deterioration.<br>

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Delhi air quality improves but still very poor; no end to stubble burning

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  1. Business Standard Delhi air quality improves but still very poor; no end to stubble burning The air quality in the national capital may see a slight deterioration.

  2. Even as the air quality in the National Capital Region, including Delhi, recorded an improvement, increased stubble burning in the western Punjab districts despite the National Green Tribunal directions continues to pose a threat. With good wind speed and a drop in temperature, air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas was recorded between "poor" and "very poor" during different times on Sunday. Satellite images from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Sunday showed increased stubble-burning in Punjab's Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda, Moga and Kapurthala districts in the past two days. "Farmers in these districts are burning stubble now since crop residue could not be burnt earlier on due to moisture, and due to the fact that it's almost time to prepare the fields for the winter crops," Bharatiya Kisan Union's Punjab unit member Omkar Singh said. Also Read : Changing Environment: How Politics Is Clouding Over Delhi's Smog With Delhi set to receive north-westerly winds (coming from Punjab and Haryana) over the next few days, the air quality in the national capital may see a slight deterioration. However, according to the Environment (EPCA), good wind speed will help air quality from deteriorating any further. Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority "As per an advisory from the weather officials and SAFAR, winds will catch speed and thus pollutants will not have much effect. The pollution levels are supposed to drop from very-poor to poor," Polash Mukherjee, a researcher at the Centre for Science and Environment, and member of the EPCA, told IANS. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR at 5 p.m. on Sunday was 292 compared with 298 on Saturday, both considered "poor".

  3. The major pollutant, PM2.5, or particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometers, was recorded above 290 units -- about 11 times the safe limit……..read more

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