New Dekhi : The air quality in the national capital and areas around was slightly better on Monday, after more than five lakh litres of water was sprinkled at 13 pollution hotspots in Delhi over the past two days to hold down dust, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said on Sunday.
The exercise was initiated on Saturday following orders from the Delhi government on checking dust pollution in the city.
The 13 hotspots where water was sprinkled were Rohini, Dwarka, Okhla Phase II, Punjabi Bagh, Anand Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Jahangirpuri, RK Puram, Bawana, Narela, Mundka and Mayapuri.
“Within Saturday and Sunday, the fire department deployed over 400 fire personnel and sprinkled more than five lakh litres of water across the identified hotspots to curb pollution,” Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg said.
He said a total of 20 fire tenders were pressed into service on Saturday and more fire tenders were deployed.
On Monday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the lower end of ‘Poor’ category. The city has been reeling under severe air pollution since the fag-end of October. In the morning the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi docked at 218, according to the Center-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
