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Barwani and Jhabua in MP received showers on Sunday, while lightning and thunder were reported from Indore and Ujjain divisions due to western disturbances, India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Bhopal centre duty officer Ashfaq Husain told PTI.
The national capital has recorded 10 severe air quality days this November so far.
These roads, which are more than 60 feet in width, include the Western and Eastern Express Highways, the Eastern Freeway, SV Road, Bandra to Santacruz West Link Road, LBS Road, among others, additional commissioner Sudhakar Shinde said in a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation release.
Heavy rain battered Mizoram's capital Aizawl and other parts of the state on Friday affecting normal life. The streets of Aizawl wore a deserted look as people stayed indoors and only a few vehicles were seen on roads.
The STF will coordinate with all the departments involved in the enforcement of pollution control measures and submit a report to the government daily, Rai told reporters.
Punjab had reported 67,020 and 45,464 stubble burning incidents in the corresponding period (September 15 to November 15) of 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Air pollution levels hit the severe category (AQI above 400) at many places within the city, including ITO (427), RK Puram (422), Punjabi Bagh (423), Nehru Nagar (450), Anand Vihar (439) and Nehru Nagar (450).
There are a total of 91 parking sites in the NDMC area. While 41 of these are managed by the NDMC, the maintenance of others has been outsourced to other agencies.
A four-year old girl child died in Ranipet district in an accident that involved bursting of firecrackers with her relatives.
The sources also said that stubble burning in Punjab is the major reason behind air pollution in Delhi-NCR during the paddy harvesting season.
The India Meteorological Department earlier this month said EL Nio conditions -- abnormal warming of surface waters in the central Pacific Ocean -- are not likely to influence the southwest monsoon season next year.
GRAP categorises actions into four stages: Stage I – 'Poor' (AQI 201-300); Stage II – 'Very Poor' (AQI 301-400); Stage III – 'Severe' (AQI 401-450); and Stage IV – 'Severe Plus' (AQI>450).
It said sentinel surveillance of acute illnesses have been attributed to air pollution in 17 cities across the state.
To protect the health of schoolchildren, the government also decided to suspend in-person classes in all schools, except for students in grades X and XII preparing for board exams, until November 10.
Mettupalayam in Coimbatore recorded a maximum of 13 cm rainfall, followed by Kamuthi, Sivagiri, and Alandur: 12 cm each, while Puzhal recorded 11 cm, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre, here.
"Heavy rain is likely to occur in the next 24 hours at certain places in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Theni, and Dindigul districts. Heavy rain is also likely in certain places in Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Erode, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Sivaganga, Pudukottai, Tiruppur, and Ramanathapuram districts," he said.
This action comes as part of Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) — the Centre's air pollution control plan that is implemented in the region during the winter season.
A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor made this observation in its order while taking suo motu cognisance of the air pollution in Mumbai.
Asking the principal secretary of the forest department to fill the vacancies on a "war footing", the court said, "You are responsible for quality of air we breathe. It is your obligation to ensure AQI comes down."
The government would urgently seek necessary assistance from the Centre even as the Relief and Rehabilitation Department has been directed to quickly decide on the appropriate relief for the affected areas.
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the sky will be clear during the day and there is a possibility of a drizzle in the evening or at night.
The depression lies centred around 610 km south of Odisha's Paradip, the IMD said in a bulletin.
The relative humidity oscillated between 83 per cent and 51 per cent, the IMD said.
A low-pressure area over the southeast and southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 21 morning, the IMD had said in a statement earlier.
