00:00Delhi's air quality continues to remain alarming. The capital's air quality is at $3.99, a notch below the hazardous
00:07category.
00:08Thick layer of toxic smog blankets the entire national capital. In fact, not just the national capital, but the entire
00:14national capital region.
00:16Delhi's Indiagate, ITO, Industrial Belt, Remain Pollution, Hotspots, VVIP zones like Katavya Path are in red zone.
00:24Air quality is worsening, but Delhi Punjab government's bicker. The blame game continues between the Delhi and the Punjab government.
00:31They are blaming each other for the pollution in the national capital region. Delhi Minister, the Environment Minister in Delhi,
00:38Manjinder Singh Sirsa,
00:40has claimed Punjab is burning crops and that is what is leading to pollution in Delhi.
00:45Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwan Tmal has hit back. He's crying a bit to defame Punjab.
00:51So that is about the blame game. But if you talk about the situation, the situation is worsening.
00:56The AQI currently stands at $3.99. And my colleague Anshul Singh is now joining us with more details on
01:02the Sanchal.
01:03How is the situation like today? We're learning that the average AQI is $3.99, which is just a notch
01:08below the hazardous air quality.
01:20All right, we'll try to fix that connection with Anshul. But if you talk about the air quality in the
01:25national capital, that is worsening.
01:28If you talk about the AQI levels today, it is at $3.99, which is just below the hazardous air
01:33quality.
01:34And as the situation continues to worsen, the blame game also continues between the BJP government in Delhi and the
01:41Punjab Amadmi Party government.
01:43They are blaming each other for the pollution. But it is the residents of Delhi and NCR that are facing,
01:50that are bearing the brunt of this pollution.
01:53And it's the same story every year. Pollution happens. Pollution keeps on increasing.
01:57The levels keeps on increasing. The AQI keeps on increasing. And the government keeps the blame game on.
02:05They keep blaming each other. But the action cannot be seen on the ground. It's the same story every year.
02:11The year changes, but the visuals that we get from the national capital region in this time of the year
02:17remain the same.
02:19My colleague Anshul Singh is back with us.
02:21Anshul, how does the situation look like on the ground?
02:24Because we're learning that the average AQI today is $3.99, which is just below the hazardous category.
02:34Oh, well, yes, the restrictions have now been imposed.
02:37The grab-to restrictions have now been imposed out here in the national capital.
02:40But the AQI today as well remains very, very concerning.
02:44In fact, in several quarters, it has been reported as hazardous as well.
02:48If I could just give you a sense around in the visuals, you can see that today as well,
02:54the entire national capital is engulfed in a thick layer of smog.
02:58In fact, certain AQI readings that have come up from the bordering area,
03:04specifically like that of Alipur, which is right on the borders of the national capital,
03:08is above the 400 mark as well.
03:11Whereas out here in the New Delhi district, the AQI is in the very poor category and is above the
03:17300 mark.
03:18So over the next few days, what the IMD has predicted that the AQI will remain bad
03:23and it could go from bad to worse due to the current wind conditions
03:27as it is not expected that there could be any rains that could happen in the national capital
03:31over the next two to three days.
03:33Now, post-Diwali, it is expected that there could be some relief that could come up
03:38as the wind conditions might change.
03:39But the current wind conditions are such that the pollutants, specifically the local agents of pollution
03:47that comes out from the national capital, these pollutants are not able to escape from the skies
03:52of the national capital due to geographical location and the kind of air conditions
03:56that is circulating over the national capital at this point in time.
03:59So it is expected post-Diwali there could be some relief.
04:02But over the next three to four days, it's going to be a very, very difficult task
04:07for the people of Delhi NCR to actually get a gas of fresh air in this very, very toxic environment.
04:13And slowly, the national capital is turning into a gas chamber yet again.
04:18All right, Anshul, thank you for those details.
04:21We'll keep coming back to you for more updates on the situation in the national capital.
04:25So ahead of Diwali, Delhi continues to battle its apocalypse.
04:30And as the national capital woke up to another hazy morning, as we just showed you,
04:35air quality levels remain just a step away from hitting the hazardous mark.
04:39The AQI stood at 399 at Indiagate and 296 in Anand Bihar,
04:44with poor visibility across parts of the city as a thick haze blanketed the skyline.
04:48On November 4th, that is yesterday, several areas in Delhi have recorded AQI levels well
04:55above 400, falling in the severe category.
04:58The air quality in the capital is worsening by the day, despite the winter action plan
05:03that has already been imposed and grab-to measures being in place.
05:06Even as the capital chokes, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa
05:10has blamed the Punjab government for Delhi's pollution,
05:13accusing it of deliberately allowing stubble burning.
05:16But Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Man hit back at Sirsa,
05:19saying that Punjab farmers have no role to play in air pollution in Delhi,
05:23alleging that this is a bid to defend Punjab.
05:26He also added that harvest has not even begun in Malwa.
05:31As the political verbal spat continues over pollution,
05:35we are in Patiala and you can see the stubble burning happening over here.
05:38Although, as compared to the past few years,
05:40the stubble burning has reduced in Punjab a number of times
05:44and in a big number.
05:47But still, the cases are coming.
05:48Close to 2,000 cases have come of stubble burning in Punjab.
05:51Although the Delhi government continuously blames
05:54the Punjab government for failing to control it,
05:56but the Punjab government says
05:57that we have continuously made efforts
06:00to bring down the number of stubble fires.
06:03But it is the Delhi government which has failed to manage its affairs.
06:06But as we travel between Sangroor and Patiala,
06:09this is one spot in Patiala where we can see stubble fire
06:13being burnt over here in the Patiala region
06:16from Patiala with President Amandir Shah Simbassi, India, today.
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