'SMOKE CAPTURES THE DELHI' : NASA analysis on Delhi's pollution
According to the System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research, Delhi stands in the category of 'very poor' for 6th-time air quality.
NASAhad shared the data on how farm fires lead to the highest levels of air pollution in Delhi. the capital city of India facing hazardous amounts of air pollution levels which leads to challenges of the health and hygienic of the national capital.
According to the NASA blog, these pictures of the city were taken on November 11 with help of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite(VIIRS).
Pawan Gupta, a NASA scientist had said that 'observe the scale of smoke on November 11 and the demography, I could see an approximation data which explain that at least 22 million people were getting affected by smoke only on November 11”
if the farm fires further continue it would affect northern Pakistan & more pollution in India also.
As per the records System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR) explains that the Quality of air in Delhi still settles in the 'very poor' group consecutively for 6 days. The air quality index decreased its value from 362 to 332 in a couple of days. As per the SAFAR reports, Delhi's AQI stands constants for the future 3 days.
An Air Quotient Index lies between zero and 50 is considered to be 'good', 51 and 100 are considered to be 'satisfactory',101 and 200 are considered to be 'moderate', 201 and 300 are considered to be 'poor',301 and 400 are considered to be 'very poor, and 401 and 500 are considered to be 'severe' categories.
till November 21, there is a regulation on the travel of trucks except trucks which carry the essential needs.