Delhi has received its second spell of rain this winter on January 27. Photo: Vikas Choudhary /CSE
Air

Even rain cannot help Delhi

The metropolis’ second spell of rain this winter has failed to improve air quality

Vikas Choudhary

January 28 morning was cold, wet and grey across the national capital as the metropolis received its second spell of rain this season on January 27.

But the air quality of the metropolis has not improved.

However, despite the rain, the city’s air quality did not improve. The average air quality index (AQI) in Delhi at 4 pm on January 27 was 336 (‘very poor’), compared with 241 (‘poor’) recorded a day earlier, The Hindu reported.

It is a telling picture about the state of affairs in Delhi. Even rain cannot clean up its air which has been polluted by its residents themselves.

Such is the pollution in Delhi that even rain does not help. Unless the city’s authorities have the will to bring about change, the bad press regarding Delhi’s air is not going to stop.