At Anand Vihar, Benzene was at 20.00 ( 8am ) i.e. 4 times of the norms and touched again the peak of 20.80 ( 8pm ), though in between it varied from one position to other. PM 10 was around 361 ( 10 am )
& PM 2.5 was at 190 ( 10 – 10.30 am ) i.e. more than 3 times.
At Civil Lines Benzene touched the peak of 7.90 (8.30 am) , PM 10 was mostly between Appx. 300 to 400. At 7.30 am it touched the peak of 423.20, again at 1.30 pm it climbed to 394.36 and at 7.30 pm , it was again at 390.95. PM 2.5 was between 340.21 ( 8 am ) to 253.13 ( 11.30 am ).
At Punjabi bagh, PM10 was between 408 ( 8am ) to 313 ( 10.30
am )
while PM 2.5 was between 140 ( 8am ) to 119 ( 10.30
am ). At R K Puram, PM10 was at 384 ( 10 – 10.30 am ) while PM 2.5 was at 152 ( 9am ) to 136 ( 10.30
am ).
At IGI Airport Benzene was as usual on the higher side at
more than 9 upto 11 am., PM 10 was in the range of 200, though previous days
average was 359 and PM 2.5 data was not available. At Mandir marg PM 10 was between 298 to 216 ( 8 – 10.30 am ), while PM 2.5 was almost within the limit during this tenure.
Indian Institute of Tropical Meterology, showed the Air
Quality level at Moderate level at 5.45 pm today in Delhi Delhi
Thanks
B S Vohra
