Delhi's air quality deteriorates as strong dust winds sweeps across national capital

Several parts of the Delhi NCR recorded an AQI between the poor to the very poor category as per the data from Central Pollution Control Board.

Published on: May 16, 2023 3:27 PM IST

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Residents of Delhi NCR region on Tuesday woke up to grey skies and dusty winds as a strong dust storm deteriorated the air quality of the National Capital Region to the 'Hazardous' category.  (ANI)

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the visibility was reduced to 1,100 metres. IMD further said that no significant rain is expected in Delhi.  (ANI)

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"No significant rain expected over Delhi today. 60 per cent chance of trace rainfall at one or two places. Duststorm/dust-raising winds are very likely in isolated pockets over Haryana and Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan from May 16-18, 2023." IMD stated.  (ANI)

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"Strong dust-raising winds prevailed over Delhi in the early hours. The wind speed dropped from 30-35 kmph to 12 kmph by 9 am and will come down further during the day, allowing the dust to settle down," Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre said.  (ANI)

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"Dust concentration has gone up multiple times. The PM10 concentration rose from 140 micrograms per cubic metre at 4 am to 775 micrograms per cubic metre at 8 am. It is mainly because of strong gusty winds prevailing over the area. Dust will settle down soon," said V K Soni, the head of the IMD's Environment Monitoring and Research Centre.  (ANI)

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The city recorded a minimum temperature of 27.4 degrees Celsius, a notch more than normal. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 40 degrees Celsius.  (ANI)

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Over the past five days, the national capital witnessed maximum temperatures soaring above the 40-degree Celsius mark, intensifying the hot weather conditions, said IMD.  (ANI)

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On Monday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 41.3 degrees Celsius. Today the minimum temperature was recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius.  (PTI)

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A flock of pigeons fly as dust envelopes the horizon in Delhi on Tuesday. (AP)