Residents of Delhi woke up to a “poor” AQI on Thursday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted clear skies and shallow fog on February 5.
“Mainly clear skies. Sustained surface wind (speed 10-20 kmph). Shallow fog at many places with light fog at isolated places during morning hours. Maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 21°C to 23°C and 08°C to 10°C,” he said, adding that its minimum temperatures will be close to normal and maximum temperatures in Delhi I will be close to normal.
As visibility at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) was 1,500 metres, no disruption to air traffic was reported.
Weather forecast in Delhi for the next 5 days
The IMD has predicted partly cloudy skies and shallow fog during the morning hours for the next 5 days with no weather warning.
Delhi AQI today
Delhi’s average air quality index (AQI) stood at 279 at 6 am, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. This marks an improvement from the previous day’s “very poor” air quality, which was reported at 339.
Lodhi Road, Narela and Dilshad Garden locations, which fall under the ‘moderate’ category, recorded the best air quality today. Of the 39 monitoring stations in Delhi, 18 registered “very poor” AQI, while the rest reported “poor” levels.
Kaka Nagar becomes the first residential colony to adopt a fully mechanized dustless cleaning system
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday declared Kaka Nagar the first residential colony to adopt a fully mechanized and dust-free cleaning system. According to NDMC chairman Keshav Chandra, the move is a step towards cleaner air and more sustainable urban sanitation.
“With this transition, all sweeping and cleaning operations in Kaka Nagar will now be done using machines instead of the traditional broom-based methods,” PTI quoted the NDMC chairman as saying.
As part of the pilot project, the sanitation work in the residential area is solved with the help of five mechanical sweeping machines and one gobbler machine. In the sixth “Anupam Colony”, the goal is to reduce dust emissions during cleaning and improve ambient air quality.
To process wet and horticultural waste, 12 wire mesh composting units have been installed in the colony, said NDMC adviser (solid waste management) Rajiv Kumar Jain. Elaborating on the waste management measures, NDMC officials said that the compost generated is being used in parks and distributed among residents under the ‘Geela Kuda Lao, Khaad Le Jao’ initiative, which has been running for the past week.
