Delhi residents woke up to ‘poor’ AQI on Thursday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast clear sky and shallow fog for Thursday, 5 February.
“Mainly clear sky. Sustained surface winds (speed 10-20 kmph). Shallow fog at many places with moderate fog at isolated places during morning hours. The maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 21°C to 23°C and 08°C to 10°C, respectively. The minimum temperature will near normal and the maximum temperatures will near normal over Delhi,” IMD said in its latest weather bulletin.
Since visibility at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport was 1500 metres, no disruption to flight operations was reported.
Delhi weather forecast for next 5 days
IMD has forecast partly cloudy weather and shallow fog during the morning hours for the next five days, with no weather alert.
Delhi AQI today
The average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi stood at 279 at 6:00 am, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. This marks an improvement from the previous day's ‘very poor’ air quality, which was 339.
Notably, Lodhi Road, Narela and Dilshad Garden locations recorded the best air quality today, falling in the ‘moderate’ category. Of the 39 monitoring stations across Delhi, 18 registered ‘very poor’ AQI while the remaining reported ‘poor’ levels.
Kaka Nagar becomes first residential colony to adopt fully mechanised, dust-free cleaning system
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday declared Kaka Nagar as the first residential colony to adopt a fully mechanised and dust-free cleaning system. According to NDMC Chairman Keshav Chandra, this move is a step towards cleaner air and more sustainable urban sanitation.
"With this transition, all sweeping and cleaning operations in Kaka Nagar will now be carried out using machines instead of traditional broom-based methods," the NDMC chairman told PTI.
Under the pilot project, sanitation work in the residential area is being handled through five push-back mechanical sweepers and one gobbler machine. In the sixth, Anupam Colony, the aim is to cut down dust emissions during cleaning and improve ambient air quality in the neighbourhood.
In order to process wet and horticultural waste, 12 wire-mesh composting units have been installed in the colony, NDMC advisor (solid waste management) Rajiv Kumar Jain said. Elaborating on the waste management measures, NDMC officials said that the compost generated is being used in parks and distributed to residents under the "Geela Kuda Lao, Khaad Le Jao" initiative, which has been running for the past week.
