The areas that were worst affected due to the rise in pollution include Wazirpur, Nehru Nagar, Anand Vihar, Rohini, Anand Vihar, Jahangirpuri and ITO, where the AQI levels pegged at above 450.
The issue of air pollution is rising in Kolkata. While the city's air quality has not reached the extreme levels like Delhi, it's still on an alarming rise. Considering this situation, can a city like Kolkata (where the AQI is already between 150-200, 'very unhealthy') be safe, or may it face a similar fate to that of Delhi in the near future?
Delhi-NCR woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Wednesday as air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category for the third consecutive day as the cold gripped the region.
Delhi witnessed a slight improvement in its air quality on Saturday, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) entering the 'moderate' category.
According to the daily AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board, the 24-hour average AQI stood at 186 under ‘moderate’ category in contrast to the 302 that was recorded on Sunday.
After Dussehra, Delhi's AQI entered the "poor" category on Sunday with a reading of 224.
Asansol has ranked 20th out of 47 cities in the country with a population of over one million in the Air Pollution Quality Index in the country, according to the latest data revealed by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate control (MoEFCC).
Until last week, the minimum temperature was hovering around 12 degrees, and the maximum temperature was recorded at around 25 to 27 degrees.
The IMD forecast "dense fog" during the early hours of Thursday with the minimum and the maximum temperatures hovering between 7 and 19 degrees Celsius respectively.
As per the CAQM, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m on Sunday the average AQI for Delhi stood at 458 and 457 respectively.
