Gurugram AQI Recorded 402 | 20 Nov 2024
Why in News?
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Gurugram district reached the 'severe' category registering 402.
Key Points
- Other places like Sonepat (390), Dharuhera (377), Jind (358), Charkhi Dadri (351), Bahadurgarh (347), Manesar (345), Faridabad (320), Hisar (317), Narnaul (310), Sirsa (309) and Panipat (303) were in the ‘very poor’ category.
- Air Quality Index:
- AQI is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms, which are easy to understand.
- Graded Response Action Plan for Delhi and NCR has been prepared for implementation under different AQI categories.
- AQI has been developed for eight pollutants viz. PM2.5, PM10, Ammonia, Lead, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and carbon monoxide.
- AQI is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms, which are easy to understand.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
- It was constituted in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
- CPCB was also entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
- It serves as a field formation and also provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate change of the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
