New Delhi woke up this Monday completely covered in a thick layer of haze formed by atmospheric fog and fog smog poisonouswhich reduced visibility to a minimum in some areas of the capital of India and spread across the entire north of the country.
Some social media users shared images of the fog that enveloped New Delhi in the early hours of the morning, raising eyebrows This morning was “the cloudiest of last season” in the Indian capital.
The haze has cleared over the course of the morning but continues to obstruct visibility and cause slow traffic in the city.
At the capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Dozens of flights were canceled and some planes had to divert to nearby airports.
New Delhi Airport reported at 2 p.m. (8:30 GMT) that air traffic has now almost completely returned to normal.
According to the latest monitoring by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Indian agency responsible for conducting pollution measurements, the Indian capital recorded an accident at 1 p.m. (7:30 GMT) a Air quality index of 398 points, very harmful to health.
According to the Swiss air pollution monitor IQAir New Delhi is the most polluted city in the world this Monday.
According to the Swiss platform The concentration of the most harmful PM 2.5 particles is 255 micrograms per cubic meter, which is 51 times higher than the maximum levels for exposure to these components recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)..
This episode occurs after a few weeks of extreme levels of pollution leading to it Activate Phase IV of the Graduated Pollution Response Plan (GRAP).the strictest level of the government’s anti-pollution protocol, restricting the most polluting vehicles, suspending work and encouraging teleworking and hybrid teaching, although air quality has improved since last Wednesday and the alert has been reduced to Phase III.
Both atmospheric fog phenomena and a significant deterioration in air quality are commonplace in New Delhi at this time of year, when a number of factors come together, such as the onset of winter and the decrease in winds, which prevent the spread of pollutants in this vast city of more than thirty million inhabitants.
Pollutant emissions from vehicles, construction dust, pyrotechnics used in India’s most festive months of the year and smoke from burning crop stubble in New Delhi’s neighboring states add to the toxic cocktail in the Indian capital.
(with information from EFE)
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