{"id":328416,"date":"2020-11-07T06:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T06:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328416"},"modified":"2020-11-07T06:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T06:15:26","slug":"delhi-air-quality-hits-severe-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/delhi-air-quality-hits-severe-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi: Air quality hits \u2018severe\u2019 level"},"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=\" wp-image-305301 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/delhi-pollution-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"465\" 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: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a>With the rise of pollutants in the atmosphere, the air quality in the national capital reached the \u2018severe\u2019 category on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Delhi residents woke up to a thick smog which shrouded almost all areas of Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Smog reduced visibility, which made it difficult for people to drive on roads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to reports, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is at 486 in the \u2018severe\u2019 category in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As per experts, the severe level affects people\u2019s health and impacts those with existing conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">An AQI between 0-50 is considered \u2018good\u2019, 51-100 is \u2018satisfactory\u2019, 101-200 \u2018moderate\u2019, 201-300 \u2018poor\u2019, 301-400 \u2018very poor\u2019 and 401-500 is considered as \u2018severe\/hazardous\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the rise of pollutants in the atmosphere, the air quality in the national capital reached the \u2018severe\u2019 category on Saturday. Delhi residents woke up to a thick smog which shrouded almost all areas of Delhi. Smog reduced visibility, which made it difficult for people to drive on roads. According to reports, the Air Quality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":305301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,2014],"tags":[429,9531],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328416"}],"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=328416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328417,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328416\/revisions\/328417"}],"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=328416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}