Pollution level at IGIA higher than in city areas, says panel

New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has found that the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) has much higher level of pollution as compared to the Mandir Marg area in central Delhi and RK Puram in South Delhi. A combination of winter fog and calm weather conditions is leading to the perpetual haze enveloping the airport since last week. Also, because the suspended particulate matter is much higher at the Airport than the city side, the haze is thicker at the airport, especially during the morning hours. These conditions were responsible to disrupt flight movements and create panic during the last few days.
RK Janamani, Director, Airport Meteorological Department, said, “Though the dense fog conditions enveloped the city on November 20 and 21, it is haze that is continuing and here to stay.
The large numbers of pollutant particles suspended in the air are unable to get dispersed in the absence of windy conditions. Since the particulate matter is much higher at the airport side, the haze formed is much thicker than the city side. This haze and smog is here to stay and flights will have to battle with the visibility dropped due to this.”
28/11/11 Pragya Singh/The Pioneer

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Categories: airports Nov 2011