A sudden change in the weather was witnessed in Punjab on Friday morning. There was a drop in temperature in the city around 7 am due to heavy rain accompanied by thunder.
"The decision to implement the odd-even scheme will be made only after the Supreme Court reviews its effectiveness and issues an order," Gopal Rai said, adding that the matter will be heard on Friday.
According to the India Meteorological Department, isolated heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over Tamil Nadu from November 8-9, with a significant reduction thereafter.
Air pollution levels can be high during the winter months for a number of reasons, including dust and vehicular pollution, dry-cold weather, stubble burning, burning crop residues after the harvest season and commuting.
According to an official press release from the weather department, "Isolated heavy rainfall very likely to continue over south peninsular India from November 6-8. No significant weather over the rest parts of the country during the next 5 days."
With the onset of northeast monsoon, a heavy downpour is witnessed across several districts in Tamil Nadu. The Indian Meteorological Department issued an 'orange alert' in several districts due to the heavy rains battering the state.
Schools have been shut in nine districts namely, Chennai,
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)-India, the overall air quality in the national capital Delhi (Overall) is in the 'severe' category with Air Quality Index (AQI) of 504.
Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Friday late evening took stock of Anand Vihar bus depot after the air quality index of Anand Vihar touched the 'hazardous' category.
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) today published a weather forecast expecting the country to be affected, from Saturday through Wednesday, by an extension of surface low pressure from the East with an extension of upper air low pressure accompanied by a Jet stream from the West.
With the worsening air quality in the national capital, the head of clinical oncology of Delhi State Cancer Institute Dr Pragya Shukla said that there will be long-term side effects of the air pollution.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted of two fresh weather disturbances in Himachal Pradesh and according to the Met Center, Shimla, there will fresh snowfall in higher reaches of the state in the next 24 hours.