{"id":1283,"date":"2019-02-11T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T10:30:52","slug":"current-pollution-level-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/300-aqi-in-current-pollution-level-in-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Pollution Level in Delhi reaches Hazardous Level: AQI exceeds 300+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Waking up in Delhi each morning is a tiresome job. Once you get up and go out you are welcomed by bad air quality that averages above 300 AQI (Air Quality Index) value. Current pollution level in Delhi still continues to be very poor due to a change in climatic condition. So, instead of breathing fresh air in the morning, the residents of Delhi start their day by breathing air that is almost toxic. Usually, a thick blanket of fog covers the national capital in the morning and the rest of the day features a really bad run of air quality throughout the day.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">300+ AQI level is the daily average quality of the air in Delhi which is very bad. Sometimes, it goes up to 500+ AQI level which means that the air quality level often reaches a hazardous level. All people in Delhi know about the air pollution situation happening around. Technically, only a few people have the information of\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\">AQI<\/a> (Air Quality Index).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1286\" style=\"width: 1197px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/dashboard\/delhi\/new-delhi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Current-pollution-level-in-Delhi.png\" alt=\"Current pollution level in Delhi\" width=\"1197\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><em>Current pollution level in Delhi <\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/air-quality-index-pollution-in-delhi\/\">Pollution Level in Delhi<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; (4th January to 10th January 2019)<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">AQI:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 324 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b5g\/m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><b>PM2.5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : 193 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b5g\/m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><b>PM10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : 222 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b5g\/m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Temperature:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 13 \u00b0c<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Humidity:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 63 %<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Noise:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 56 dB<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>AQI in Delhi Come to a surprisingly low Air Pollution Level of 60+<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 8th January 2019, the quality of air in Delhi improved last week due to the sudden rainfall. We could see the very clear sky with the good AQI values in the evening around 2:30 pm to 6: 30 pm. On that day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/dashboard\/delhi\">Delhi AQI<\/a> was <\/span><b>69 (<\/b><b>\u00b5g\/m<\/b><b>3)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which stands at moderate air quality. This was a very rare surprise in Delhi as the residents have not expected such a thing would happen. PM2.5, PM10, temperature, humidity &amp; noise were all normal during the following evening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1284\" style=\"width: 1340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pollution-level-in-delhi.png\" alt=\"current pollution level in delhi\" width=\"1340\" height=\"569\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><em>AQI level in Delhi for one week (January 1st week, 2019)<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Air Quality Index (AQI) &#8211; Measuring Air Pollution Level<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Earlier the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was the standard system to measure air pollution. It was later renamed as Air Quality Index (AQI). It is a uniform system developed by U.S. EPA to enable the public to determine whether air quality levels in a particular location are good, moderate, unhealthful, or worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>There are some important pollutants to measure Air Quality Index (AQI)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Particulate matters<\/strong> : PM2.5 &amp; PM10 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b5g\/m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Carbon Monoxide<\/strong> (ppm) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Nitrogen Dioxide<\/strong> (ppb)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Ground Ozone<\/strong> (O3) (ppb)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sulfur Dioxide<\/strong> (ppb)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though we know the current pollution level in Delhi is getting worse day by day, we haven&#8217;t taken enough steps to protect <\/span>ourselves\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from it. We all need to know that it&#8217;s never too late to start finding the solution of how to reduce and protect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/air-quality-index-pollution-in-delhi\/\">air pollution level in Delhi<\/a>. Everyone in Delhi has the same responsibility to reduce the pollution level. Until and unless we take care of ourselves and society, the situation is only going to get worse. We need to look at it in this way &#8211; Since we blame the Government to take responsibility for the pollution situation, we as a public need to take responsibility to take care of the situation too.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Read Next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/andhra-pradesh-air-pollution-reached-unhealthy-aqi\/\">Andhra Pradesh Air Pollution Has Reached Unhealthy AQI Level<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.aqi.data&amp;hl=en&amp;utm_source=play%20store&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;utm_campaign=android_app_install\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AQI-India-android-app.gif\" alt=\"AQI India android app\" width=\"970\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up in Delhi each morning is a tiresome job. 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