Delhi's air remained severely polluted for the fifth consecutive day on Monday morning with the Air Quality Index (AQI) still in the 'severe' category. The overall AQI in the national capital was recorded at 488. Some of the worst-affected areas in the national capital include RK Puram (466), ITO (402), Patparganj (471), and New Moti Bagh (488).
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has convened a meeting of all relevant departments today to discuss the rising pollution levels in the city.
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Aparajita Singh, who is helping the Supreme Court as the amicus curiae, said breathing the region's air is equivalent to an individual "smoking 30 cigarettes every day"
Delhi's air quality worsened to an AQI of 391, nearing severe levels, with 30 out of 59 stations reporting severe pollution on Friday.
The forecast comes amid the ongoing peak stubble-burning period in the National Capital Region, while firecracker emissions due to Diwali could further add to the pollution load.
The central finding of the FICCI-EY report, Clean Air, Healthy India, is that air pollution must be treated as a public-health emergency and a development challenge, not merely an environmental problem.
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