Residents of Delhi and NCR are waking up to smog and low visibility. It seems there is less of oxygen and more of soot, carbon monoxide, minute dust particles and industrial venoms such as sulphur in the air that Delhiites breathe.
Satellite images from NASA show the condition of the air quality around north India and specifically areas around Punjab, Haryana and the NCR region to be badly afflicted due to the stubble burning that takes place this season.
The first image is from November 1 and it shows a far less hazy picture. A concentration of something akin to smoke is seen but its not that thick.
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The second image from a day later however, shows dense smog settling in on the region and it has been pretty evident in the air surrounding the capital which has been inundated with the smoke from burning crop-stubble from friendly Punjab and Haryana.
A report mentions that an improvement in the condition will only be seen after November 7 when winds blowing at 10-15 miles per hour are expected to drive the smog away. Delhi Airport officials have also said that this was the worst visibility that they have encountered in the past four years, and it is only going to continue for until the weekend.
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Only this morning, a 20-car pile-up happened at the Yamuna Expressway due to low visibility. On Tuesday, the AAP had decided to attack the issue on a ‘war-footing’. And yesterday, we got news that Dy CM Manish Sisodia could not make it to another meeting on the matter because he was detained for wading into the OROP issue.
