Delhi is expected to receive more rainfall on Thursday as the India Meteorological Department sounded a yellow alert for squalls, thunderstorms, and lightning. The weather department also issued a yellow alert for Haryana, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh.
For the rest of the state in northern India including West and East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and West and East Rajasthan, skies are expected to remain clear, a day after rain lashed many parts of these states.
Parts of the national capital received showers on Wednesday as well plummeting the mercury by five notches below normal with maximum temperature at 29.6 degrees Celsius, said the weather department. The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.1 degrees Celsius.
Several areas, including Civil Lines, Dilshad Garden, Seemapuri, Kashmiri Gate, Seelampur, Shahdara, Red Fort, Preet Vihar, Rajiv Chowk, ITO, India Gate, Akshardham, Lajpat Nagar, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad and East of Kailash received rainfall.
For Thursday, the city is expected to record the minimum temperature at 23 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature is expected to be around 33 degrees Celsius.
Pollution Measures Come Into Effect Earlier Than Usual
The Graded Response Action Plan has come into effect in the national capital earlier than the usual date of October 1, reported PTI quoting officials. GRAP is a set of emergency measures to control air pollution in Delhi-NCR during the winter season.
On Wednesday, the Commission for Air Quality Management, an autonomous body responsible for preparing the strategy to improve air quality in Delhi and nearby areas said that polluting buses from NCR states will not be allowed to enter Delhi if the city's Air Quality Index reaches Stage III- 'Severe' (AQI between 401 and 450), as per the PTI report.
On Thursday, Delhiites breathed relatively clean air with AQI at 59, according to Central Pollution Control Board data. On Wednesday, the AQI was at 115.