Capital’s air quality set to dip in coming days

Air quality in the national capital is set to worsen in the next few days, but this time the city has no one but itself to blame, least of all paddy stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab.

Central Pollution Control Board member secretary A. Sudhakar said that as per the Meteorological Department forecast, easterly winds, blowing from U.P., will introduce moisture in the air over the next few days, and fog will start building from October 29. “As a result, pollutants having local sources (vehicular combustion, road dust, smoke from garbage burning) shall remain at the ground level for longer hours. Their ground level concentration will be building up,” he said.