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Delhi Air Pollution Still At Alarming Level As Smog Shrouds National Capital, Mumbai Much Cleaner

Delhi's air remains hazardous despite being the second-cleanest post-Diwali since 2015, with an AQI of 358. In contrast, Mumbai's air quality is much better, with an AQI of 141.

Delhi-National Capital Region on Wednesday woke up to a thick blanket of smog shrouding it. Despite having the second-cleanest post-Diwali air since 2015, Delhi's air quality continued to be 'hazardous' with the AQI in the 'poor category' category. At 7 AM on Wednesday, November 6, the AQI in Delhi was 358. In contrast, the air quality in the country's financial capital was much cleaner with the AQI at 141, categorised as 'moderate'.

An AQI reading between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 to 100 is considered 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 is considered 'moderate', 201 to 300 is considered 'poor', 301 to 400 is considered 'very poor' and 401 to 500 is considered 'severe'.

AQI In Delhi

The air quality in Delhi reached alarming levels in certain areas, such as Wazirpur, Mundka, Dwarka, and Bawana, with the breaching the 400 mark. Check out the table below to know the AQI (as per the Air Quality Early Warning and Decision Support System For Delhi at 7 AM) in your area:

AQI Monitoring Station AQI
Major Dhyan Chand Stadium 358
Mundka 419
NSIT Dwarka 447
Narela 377
Nehru Nagar  378
New Moti Bagh 381
Delhi University North Campus 373
Patparganj 381
Punjabi Bagh 388
Pusa 330
RK Puram 373
Shadipur 372
Sirifort 341
Sonia Vihar 381
Vivek Vihar 382
Wazirpur 421
Anand Vihar 372
Ashok Vihar 398
Bawana 412
DTU 355
IGI Airport 347
Dilshad Garden 270
Burari Crossing 370
ITO 327
Jahangirpuri 398
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 315
Lodhi Road 309
Mandir Marg 356
Najafgarh 354

AQI In Mumbai

The Mumbai air was relatively cleaner with residents in certain areas experiencing the cleanest air. Several localities such as BMC in Shastri Nagar, Abhinav Nagar Borivali (E), Sector 19(A) in Nerul among others recorded an AQI of zero at 7 AM. Check out the table below to know the AQI in your area.

AQI Monitoring Station AQI
Colaba 117
Kandivali East 111
Vile Parle West 117
Sanpada, Navi Mumbai 197
Vasai West 148
Tondare, Taloja 112
Chembur 122
Mindspace Malad West 90
Worli 169
Kurla 106
CBD Belapur 123
Gokul Nagar, Bhiwandi 176
Mahape, Navi Mumbai 161
Bandra East 306
Colaba 139
Fire Station, Malad (W) 191
Bandra Kurla Complex 223
Borivali East 85
Kherwadi Bandra East 206
Nerul Navi Mumbai 141
Mulund West 124
Sewri 230

The World Health Organization says that exposure to PM 2.5 over 24 hours must not be more than 15 micrograms per cubic metre. However, many areas in Delhi record AQI 30 times more than the acceptable level. According to WHO, air pollution resulted in around 4.2 million premature deaths globally in 2019. The WHO says, "In 2019, some 68% of outdoor air pollution-related premature deaths were due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke, 14% were due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14% were due to acute lower respiratory infections, and 4% of deaths were due to lung cancers."

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