The high level of pollution being witnessed in the national capital will be at its peak today, as per the forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research or SAFAR. According to Gurfan Beig, Chief Project Scientist of SAFAR, PM 2.5 level is expected to reach 252 and PM 10 unit at 413 mark today, which has been classified as “severe”. This is much more than the safe limits of 60 mcgm/cubic meter for PM 2.5 and 100 for PM 10. The PM 2.5 and PM 10 level recorded by SAFAR was 225 and 382 respectively today. However, SAFAR, an arm the of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology or IITM, noted there will be some relief thereafter and the pollution level will see a marginal decline till November 7.

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