Delhi’s air quality has remained unchanged in the ‘very poor’ category with the overall AQI at 360 on Thursday, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). The AQI forecasting agency under the Ministry of Earth Sciences said that air quality in the national capital and its neighbouring cities may worsen in the next two days.
On the last day of the four-day-long Chhath festival, devotees gathered on the bank of ghats across the country to perform the 'Usha Arghya' (prayers to the rising sun). Devotees across Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and Jharkhand gathered on ghats to offer prayers.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Chennai on Thursday predicted thunderstorms with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over a few districts of Tamil Nadu within the next three hours. "These districts are Thiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram," the statement said. The department also predicted moderate rain at isolated places over Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, Ranipet, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Kanyakumari, Thirunelveli and Thenkasi districts of Tamilnadu and Puducherry within the next three hours, the statement added. Meanwhile, schools in Coimbatore also remained closed on Wednesday in wake of the red alert issued by the weather department.
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