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Residents of the Capital experienced poor air for the second day running on Monday as a shallow haze of pollution continued to hover the city, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to hold an emergency meeting, during which it was decided to invoke all 27 measures under Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap).o)..
Sunday was the first poor air day since the monsoon withdrew, marking the beginning of a transition to winter when meteorological factors, farm fires in Punjab and Haryana, and local emissions create a toxic cocktail in the citys air..
On Monday, the average air quality index (AQI) stood at 234 (poor) at 4 pm on Monday a deterioration from Sundays 4 pm reading of 224 (poor), according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data..
Noting that AQI was likely to stay in the poor category in the coming days due to unfavourable meteorological conditions, CAQM said that Stage-1 measures will come into effect at 8am on Tuesday. ..
While comprehensively reviewing the air quality scenario in the region as well as the air quality forecast made available by IMD and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, it was noted that there has been a notable dip in air quality parameters in the last 24 hours in the region the forecasts also predict air quality to mainly remain in poor category in coming days owing to unfavourable meteorological conditions, said CAQM in a statement on Monday evening. ..
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