{"id":316827,"date":"2019-11-17T04:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316827"},"modified":"2019-11-17T04:30:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T04:30:43","slug":"delhi-air-quality-remains-in-very-poor-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-air-quality-remains-in-very-poor-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi: Air quality remains in &#8216;very poor&#8217; category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-ncr-defies-scs-diwali-order-pollution-level-plunged-to-hazardous-category\/delhi-pollution\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-305301\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-305301 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-500x420.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The air quality in Delhi on Sunday remained in &#8216;very poor&#8217; category for the second consequtive day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And research, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi NCR was recorded at 365, which comes under &#8216;very poor&#8217; category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">People living in Delhi and surrounding areas are facing various health issues due to rise in toxicity in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As winter season kicks in and due to insufficient rainfall &amp; low wind speed, the pollution in the air saw an increase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The third edition of odd-even scheme which started from November 4 has failed to reduce the pollution in the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Earlier on November 1, the Supreme Court-mandated panel had declared a public health emergency in the national capital and nearby areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority had also prohibited construction activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the city as a \u2018gas chamber\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">He blamed the state governments of Haryana and Punjab \u2013 for forcing farmers to burn stubble that he said had led to the problem in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Kejriwal had said, \u201cKhattar and Captain governments are forcing their farmers to burn stubble, due to which there is heavy pollution in Delhi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The air quality in Delhi on Sunday remained in &#8216;very poor&#8217; category for the second consequtive day. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And research, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi NCR was recorded at 365, which comes under &#8216;very poor&#8217; category. People living in Delhi and surrounding areas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2014],"tags":[6698,429],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316828,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316827\/revisions\/316828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}