{"id":35838,"date":"2018-11-01T11:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35838"},"modified":"2018-11-01T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:28:17","slug":"delhi-reports-good-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhi-reports-good-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi reports \u2018good\u2019 air quality:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/delhi-reports-good-air-quality\/article19423154.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delhi reports \u2018good\u2019 air quality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), for the first time in two years, Delhi has seen two days of \u2018good\u2019 air quality in July, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Explanation:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The classifications are made depending on a part of 6-grade, color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) that the government uses to rate air quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials attribute July\u2019s healthy \u00a0air to a \u201ccombination\u201d of above-normal rain and the various steps taken in the aftermath of the Graded Action Plan, notified this January.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The officials further added that although there is no single factor behind this rare phenomenon but weather has played a role. The real test, however, will be during the winter months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normally, the peak monsoon months of July and August typically see an improvement in air quality because monsoon winds and rain settle noxious particles to the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The average air quality in these months is mostly only \u2018moderately\u2019 good, or still not absolutely safe for asthmatics or those with underlying respiratory problems<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi reports \u2018good\u2019 air quality: Context: According to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), for the first time in two years, Delhi has seen two days of \u2018good\u2019 air quality in July, 2017. Explanation: The classifications are made depending on a part of 6-grade, color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) that the government&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhi-reports-good-air-quality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Delhi reports \u2018good\u2019 air quality:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704776064},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}