As per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), Mumbai’s air quality dipped to ‘poor’ after a spell of moderate air quality. On Sunday at 3:00 pm, the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the city was recorded at 243.
According to the SAFAR officials, the rise in the AQI levels is due to the fluctuations in temperature.
Gufran Beig, Project Director, SAFAR told Asian Age,
The temperatures have risen in the city last week which contributed to clean air at that time. However as the temperature has again dipped, the particulate matters remain trapped in the surface air.”
Areas like Bandra Kurla Complex, Mazagaon, Bhandup, Borivali and Navi Mumbai recorded ‘very poor’ air quality with PM2.5 levels more than 300. Minimum temperature the city recorded was 17 degrees and 20 degrees at Santacruz and Colaba observatories respectively and the maximum temperature raised up to 32 degrees on Sunday. Meanwhile, Chembur had the purest air on Sunday.
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