Increasingly severe air quality also means that it is equivalent to the number of cigarettes a person could be breathing in or smoking every day. The worst of all is the national capital, where an individual might breathe 49.02 cigarettes per day with an AQI of 978.
Due to several variables, including firecrackers and stubble burning, Delhi’s air quality has been poor since the end of October and has become worse every day.
Delhi is choking
With an AQI worse than they could have ever imagined, Delhi citizens are having to face their greatest nightmares. As of 12:30 pm on November 18, the national capital’s air quality index (AQI), as reported by aqi.in, was 978. In a 24-hour period, this equates to smoking 49.02 cigarettes daily.
In addition, the Supreme Court chastised the state administration led by the AAP for failing to implement Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) sooner, even though the national capital’s pollution levels had alarmingly increased.
According to a bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Augustine George Masih of the Supreme Court, even if the AQI falls below 450, it would not allow any reduction in preventive measures under stage 4 of GRAP.
Because of the worsening pollution levels, schools have decided to switch to offline instruction, apart from grades 10 and 12.
Haryana seconds Delhi
The second worst is Haryana, the state that borders Delhi. The equivalent of smoking 33.25 cigarettes a day is an AQI rating of 631.
Smog and those harmful particles from stubble burning are a yearly occurrence in both Delhi and Haryana. A minimum temperature of 16.55°C and a maximum temperature of 27.56°C are predicted for Haryana on Monday.
Aqi.in states that the air quality index for Uttar Pradesh is 273, which is the same as smoking 10.16 cigarettes daily.
The highest temperature recorded in Uttar Pradesh is 31°C, while the lowest temperature is 13°C. The state’s relative humidity was 21%. The PM2.5 concentration, meanwhile, was 122 µg/m³.
Punjab
One of the states with the highest prevalence of stubble burning is Punjab. As of right now, the state’s AQI was 233, or 8.34 cigarettes per day.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Marlena questioned on Saturday “why are the cases increasing in other states” if the Punjab government, which is governed by her party, the AAP, can cut stubble burning by 80%.
Punjab experiences a high temperature of 28°C and a minimum temperature of 12°C. Within the state, the humidity level is 18%. According to aqi.in, the PM2.5 level is 73 µg/m³.
State smoking the least amount of cigarettes
An ‘India in pixels’ data map claims that the air quality in Ladakh is so pure that it is the equivalent of smoking no cigarettes at all.
One of the lowest percentages in the country is found in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, where the air quality index is 13, or 0.18 cigarettes per day. Additionally, this keeps the state’s people’s lungs healthy. In this state, the highest recorded temperature was 25°C, and the lowest was 18°C. 45 percent humidity and 6 µg/m³ of PM2.5 were recorded.
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