Winds Help Improve Delhi's Air Quality But IMD Predicts Deterioration in AQI Over the Weekend
News 18The air quality index in Delhi is likely to improve on Thursday, October 22, due to the change in the direction of the wind but is expected to worsen by the weekend, predicted the MeT department. According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board, the air quality of the national capital fell in the ‘poor’ category on Thursday morning was the AQI was recorded at 251. However, However, the India Meteorological Department reportedly warned that the AQI would worsen further on Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24, due to reduced wind speed. However, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research and the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality forecasting wing predicted that the AQI in the national capital would worsen over the weekend.