Delhi Pollution: People share visuals of ¡®gas chamber¡¯ Delhi-NCR as AQI dips below 400, zero visibility at?many?locations
Dense fog enveloped Delhi on Wednesday, reducing visibility to near-zero and trapping pollutants, pushing air quality to "very poor" levels with AQI peaking over 400 in some areas. Here's what people shared.
On Wednesday, a "dense fog" covered Delhi for the first time this season, reducing visibility to nil at the Delhi airport, even as calm winds lingered across the city, preventing pollutant dispersion and lowering air quality to the upper end of the "very poor" category.
AQI dips below 400 in Delhi-NCR
Delhi is a Gas Chamber right now...I can't believe how most other apps/sources still show the AQI between 350-450? pic.twitter.com/O6cF34siL6
¡ª Saurabh Kochar (@saurabh_kochar) November 13, 2024
As per a Hindustan Times report, At 8 a.m., the average Air Quality Index (AQI) was 361 (extremely poor), compared to 334 at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Only Ayanagar out of the 36 monitoring sites had a severe average AQI of 417 at 8 a.m. Lodhi Road (268) and Aurobindo Marg (275) have "poor" air quality. Overall, this was the 15th consecutive day with "very poor" air quality.
According to officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility at Delhi International Airport (Palam) was 100 metres at 6am before dropping to zero at 8:30 am.
Credit: aqicn.org
Not just Delhi-NCR but air quality remained a concern across the Indo-Gangetic Plains on Wednesday, with three Bihar cities, two Haryana cities, and Chandigarh ranking among the country's top ten polluted cities.
The situation in neighbouring Pakistan is frightening, with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warning of health concerns to 11 million children in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province as air pollution worsens.
People on the internet call Delhi NCR a 'gas chamber'
Many users on the internet called Delhi-NCR a "gas chamber" and shared visuals of the foggy atmosphere. Here's what people shared on the internet.
Welcome to Gas Chamber..#NoidaFilmCity #DelhiNCR pic.twitter.com/ip4gFT0UdO
¡ª Divu Ahir (@Divuahirr) November 13, 2024
The Smoke chambers of Delhi NCR pic.twitter.com/q9DOHQJZil
¡ª Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) November 12, 2024
Day #2 of checking Air Quality INDEX in Greater Noida, uttar Pradesh
¡ª Akshay Chauhan (@MrAkshayPratap) November 12, 2024
Real video vs weather App
Video taken at 8:15 AM#weather #AQI #DelhiNCR https://t.co/8ANUxRNC4q pic.twitter.com/7sK2l05Iu3
This is Delhi NCR (Noida) today. It literally smells like burning leaves. AQI is over 900. pic.twitter.com/giAF0EVmcO
¡ª Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) November 3, 2019
Visibility gone for toss in Delhi NCR today. Winter( Fog/Smog) has arrived finally in Gurugram it seems. Time to turn on the air purifier 24x7.
¡ª Bishwajeet Mahato (@mahato99) November 13, 2024
Expect good number of road accidents from now onwards. pic.twitter.com/ZvzChgVlUx
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