National Air Quality Index (AQI)
Recently, NCR experienced “severe” levels of pollution on Air Quality Index. PM2.5 concentrations in New Delhi reached more than 1,200 micrograms per cubic meter, 48 times the guideline value established by the World Health Organization.
About AQI
- Air Quality Index is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms, which are easy to understand.
- It transforms complex air quality data of various pollutants into a single number (index value), nomenclature and colour.
- There are six AQI categories, namely Good, Satisfactory, Moderately polluted, Poor, Very Poor, and Severe.
- Each of these categories is decided based on ambient concentration ....
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