India captain Rohit Sharma’s latest Instagram story is sure to ring alarm bells about Mumbai’s weather. The Indian team landed in Mumbai on Monday for their next World Cup 2023 match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Rohit shared an aerial view of Mumbai from his flight. In the photo, hardly anything was visible as a thick smog covered the city.
“Mumbai, yeh kya hoga?” Rohit captained the photo with a mask-wearing emoji.
As per CPCB, Air Quality Index (AQI) in Mumbai stands at 161 on Tuesday morning, which falls in the ‘moderate’ category. The worst air quality has been recorded at Bandra Kurla Complex where the AQI levels have touched 257, followed by Sion where the AQI stands at 218, Bandra East’s Kherwadi area (198) and Navy Nagar in Colaba (189).
The AQI for Monday was no better. It was 143 on Monday morning while it stood at 152 on Sunday.
An AQI rating of 0-50 is considered to be good, 51-100 is rated as satisfactory, 101-200 is classified as moderate, 201-300 is poor and 301-400 is very poor. Above 400 AQI is rated as severe.
According to an Indian Express report, the AQI breached the severe category in Mumbai’s Vile Parle barely a couple of weeks ago while Andheri, one of the busiest parts of the city, recorded an AQI of 347 on October 17.
