The air high quality in a number of elements of Punjab and Haryana was recorded within the ‘poor’ class on Saturday, whereas it was the worst within the joint capital Chandigarh with an AQI of 322 which falls within the ‘very poor’ band.
The rise in air air pollution ranges in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi throughout this time of 12 months is usually blamed on farm fires. (HT File/Representational picture)
This comes a day after Punjab reported 730 farm hearth instances, the best single-day spike this season. The state’s farm hearth tally now stands at 6,029.
Based on the Central Air pollution Management Board’s Sameer App, which gives hourly updates, Haryana’s Bahadugarh recorded an air high quality index (AQI) of 314 — additionally within the ‘very poor’ class — at 9 am.
The AQI at Haryana’s Sonepat was 290, Hisar (285), Bhiwani (277), Jind (275), Charkhi Dadri (258), Gurugram (259), Faridabad (220), Yamunanagar (213), Rohtak (238), Kurukshetra (202), Kaithal (205), Fatehabad (198), Ambala (160), Sirsa (181), and Karnal (144).
In Punjab, the AQI was registered at 264 in Mandi Gobindgarh, 258 in Amritsar, 257 in Rupnagar, 248 in Jalandhar, 197 in Ludhiana, 183 in Bathinda, 176 in Khanna, and 133 in Patiala.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, 401 and 450 ‘severe’ and above 450 ‘severe plus’.
The rise in air air pollution ranges within the two states and Delhi throughout this time of 12 months is usually blamed on farm fires.
Because the window for the rabi crop — wheat — could be very quick after paddy harvest, some farmers set their fields on hearth to shortly clear off the crop residue for sowing of the following crop.