New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: According to a report by private weather forecasting agency Skymet, Delhi is the most polluted city in the world with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching at 527. The report also mentioned Kolkata with AQI of 161 and Mumbai with AQI of 153 on fifth and ninth positions respectively in the list of most polluted cities.

The Skymet report mentioning Delhi as the most polluted city comes after a real-time air quality ranking report by IQ Visual also termed the national capital as the most polluted city in the world.

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The severity of the increasing pollution levels was highlighted by the Environment Pollution (Control and Prevention) Authority (EPCA) on Thursday, after the watchdog ordered to shut down all industries not running on clean fuels and schools for two days.

In the Skymet report published late Friday, it was stated that the Air Quality Index of the national capital has been in the ‘hazardous’ category for nine straight days, which is the longest spell since the record-keeping of air pollution started.  

The report also revealed dangerously poor air quality levels in the adjoining areas of Delhi. Lodhi Road area (AQI of 660) and Faridabad (AQI of 708). Other areas were AQIs were measured were Moti Nagar (AQI of 650) and Paschim Vihar (AQI of 629), which are among those mentioned in the report.

An AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor and 401-500 is marked as severe/hazardous.

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The pollution levels in Delhi plummeted steadily since the Diwali weekend last month, after which the city is covered in a layer of thick smog. However, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has repeatedly blamed the stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.

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The Delhi government has also implemented the odd-even scheme from November 4, which ended Friday evening. But the top court had pulled the Delhi government over the efficacy of the odd-even scheme and asked for a report on how much pollution was reduced by the road rationing scheme in these 11 days.  

The Supreme Court, which has ordered affected state governments and the center to work together to address the problem, reprimanded Chief Minister Kejriwal's government today and said Delhi was "suffering badly" due to rising pollution levels.


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