印度新德里11月4日空气质量指数379属“极差”，排灯节前已启动第二阶段应急措施
印度新德里消息，印度首都新德里的空气质量 11 月 4 日上午继续恶化，印度中央污染控制委员会数据显示，当地 24 小时平均空气质量指数（AQI）于 9 时为 379，属于“极差”类别（301 至 400），多个地区已达“严重”级别（401 以上）。
印度中央污染控制委员会的每日公报显示，新德里 24 小时平均空气质量指数 11 月 3 日 16 时为 350，11 月 2 日为 324，呈逐日走高之势；德里市内包括 ITO、德瓦尔卡、罗希尼、旁遮普巴格、阿里普尔、巴瓦纳、贾汉吉尔普里在内的多个地区 11 月 4 日上午已达“严重”级别。中央政府的德里空气质量早期预警系统预计，未来三天新德里整体空气质量仍将维持在“极差”类别。印度空气质量管理委员会已于 11 月 2 日启动分级响应行动计划第二阶段应急措施。
排灯节将于 11 月 8 日到来，烟花燃放预计将进一步推高污染。印度最高法院 11 月 2 日已允许在德里及周边地区于限定时间内制造、销售和使用经认证的绿色烟花：仅限 11 月 7 日与 8 日的 6 时至 7 时、20 时至 22 时两个时段燃放，且医院、养老院、学校等静默区周边 300 米内禁止燃放。
一项覆盖德里国家首都区 3.8 万多名居民的调查显示，逾半数受访家长希望德里国家首都区学校于 11 月 10 日至 15 日停课，以避开排灯节后的污染高峰；该调查结果为家长呼声，学校是否停课须以当地政府决定为准。
New Delhi's Air Quality Index Hits 379, Rated 'Very Poor,' on November 4 as Stage II Emergency Measures Take Effect Before Diwali
NEW DELHI — Air quality in India's capital continued to deteriorate on the morning of November 4, with data from India's Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) putting the city's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) at 379 at 9 a.m., in the "very poor" category (301 to 400), while several districts had already reached the "severe" level (above 400).
The CPCB's daily bulletin put New Delhi's 24-hour average AQI at 350 at 4 p.m. on November 3, up from 324 the day before. Several areas of the city, including ITO, Dwarka, Rohini, Punjabi Bagh, Alipur, Bawana and Jahangirpuri, were at "severe" levels on the morning of November 4. The central government's Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi expects overall air quality to remain "very poor" for three days. The Commission for Air Quality Management activated Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan on November 2.
Diwali falls on November 8, and fireworks are expected to push pollution higher. India's Supreme Court on November 2 allowed the manufacture, sale and use of certified green firecrackers in Delhi and neighbouring areas for a limited period: they may be set off only between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. and between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on November 7 and 8, and fireworks are banned within 300 metres of hospitals, care homes, schools and other designated silence zones.
A survey of more than 38,000 residents of the Delhi National Capital Region found that over half of parents surveyed want schools across the region to stay closed from November 10 to 15 to avoid the post-Diwali pollution peak; that is a parental demand, and any school closure is subject to a decision by the local authorities.
来源：印度中央污染控制委员会
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