AN ANALYSIS BASED STUDY OF AIR QUALITY INDEX AND PARTICULATE MATTER OVER DELHI REGION OF INDIA

Air pollution is the most serious concern globally affecting lives of the people.Air pollution leads to various respiratory and other diseases having serious health concerns.Delhi is considered as one of the most polluted cities in India.Various sources such as vehicular pollution, industrial smokes, burning of fossil fuels, waste burning etc. during winters Delhi faces a challenge in soaring air pollution related to stubble burning from agricultural fields.Therefore, in this paper, we have collected data on PM2.5 and PM10 of the month October 2022 to February 2023 from 7 different stations in Delhi.The data was collected from the site of CPCB and analyzed.The data showed that Jahangirpuri station of Delhi had highest AQI in October 2022 i.e., 419 whereas Alipur has minimum AQI of 317 in January 2023.