At a meeting to review the air quality situation in Delhi-NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said that the pollution levels are only "expected to increase further" owing to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions.
Earlier on Friday, the overall air quality of Delhi was plunged into upper end of the very poor category, SAFAR informed.
Amid the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on April 3 said that these days COVID case is not as severe to death case as reported earlier but it is coming in bunches.
A man travelling on the roof of a suburban train suffered severe burn injuries after coming in contact with the overhead wire late Friday evening at CentralRailway's Ghatkopar station, an official said.
The company, majority-owned by ArcelorMittal, announced on its website that "568 people work at the plant which has produced steel products for more than two decades." As part of a strategic review of its operations, the steel manufacturer found that its Saldanha operations had lost their competitive cost advantage to compete in the export market, "mainly due to raw material and regulated prices"
UP minister Sunil Bharala's comments came at a time when Delhi, parts of western and central Uttar Pradesh are under the grip of one of the worst air quality with the AQI level in most places is either in 'very poor' or in 'severe' category
The toxic haze covering Delhi's skies is that for three weeks stagnant conditions caused by delayed withdrawal of the monsoon had caused a deterioration due to accumulation of pollutants.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the air quantity index was 416 at 11 am.
According to the data by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the PM10 level (presence of particles with diameter less than 10 mm) was recorded at 522 in Delhi-NCR and 529 in Delhi on Saturday.
On Thursday, the PM2.5 level in Delhi-NCR was at 268 and Delhi at 277.
According, to a recent study, people who suffer from chronic pain tend to have diminished attention capacity and impaired memory and were also at risk of “dementia”.
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