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Air quality back to ‘very poor’ in Delhi-NCR

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New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A day after improving to “moderate”, the air quality across Delhi-NCR dipped back to “very poor” on Friday, as wind speed dropped.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital and areas around it received moist southerly winds on Friday with average speed of 7 to 8 kmph.

At 7 p.m, the level of major pollutant PM2.5 or particles in air with diameter less than 2.5mm, across 22 locations in Delhi-NCR was 126 or “very poor” against 87 or “moderate” on Thursday. The average PM2.5 in Delhi alone was recorded at 134 or “very poor” against 88 on Wednesday.

On Friday, the most polluted regions including Vasundhra in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, Anand Vihar in east Delhi and Delhi Technical University (DTU) in north Delhi again saw a “very poor” air quality, against “poor to moderate” on Thursday.

The safe limit for PM2.5 according to International standards is 25 microgrammes per cubic meters and 60 as per national standards.

At 4 p.m., the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) however placed Delhi’s air, as monitored by 15 different stations, to be “poor” with Air Quality Index (AQI) of 217, against 194 (moderate) on Thursday.

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) however placed Delhi’s air-quality as “moderate”, with only three out of its ten monitoring stations across Delhi-NCR — Delhi University and Pitampura in north Delhi and Mathura Road in south Delhi — placed under “poor”.

However, the SAFAR predicts the air quality to deteriorate to “poor” over next three days.

–IANS
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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