Gurugram’s air may deteriorate to ‘poor’ tomorrow

GURUGRAM: The air quality in the city deteriorated slightly on Sunday as compared to that of Saturday but remained in the ‘moderate’ level, with the air quality index (AQI) being recorded at 157.
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All other cities in Delhi-NCR recorded the AQI in the ‘poor’ levels. The AQI in Delhi was 213, while in Faridabad it was 201, in Ghaziabad it was 259, Greater Noida at 236 and Noida at 237.Manesar, however, recorded the lowest air quality index in Delhi-NCR at 108 (moderate).
According to the Met department, the AQI is expected to deteriorate to ‘poor’ on Tuesday. “As the wind speed is gradually going down and fog is increasing in morning, there are less chances of the dispersal of particulate matter. The pollution levels may remain between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ in the coming days,” said a Met official.
According to the SAFAR forecast, the air quality might remain the ‘moderate’ levels on Monday and Tuesday, but are expected to deteriorate to the ‘very poor’ levels on Wednesday. The AQI is expected to be between 163 and 145 in next 48 hours. However, the air quality is likely to be in the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Sunday were recorded at 18.2 degrees Celsius and 9.3 degrees Celsius, respectively.
According to the Met department, there is forecast of mainly clear sky with moderate fog in morning.