Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the Centre has called a meeting of environment ministers of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi on October 1 to review the air pollution management plans decided in 2016, The New Indian Express reported.
The decision came after stubble burning began in Punjab and amid reports of Delhi’s air quality likely to degrade. A government forecasting agency on Wednesday said that the air quality of Delhi was likely to enter the “poor category” by Friday, according to PTI. It was in the “moderate category” on Wednesday.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
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