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. 2020 Apr 29;730:139086. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139086

Table 4.

Mean concentrations and variation of criterion pollutants during 2nd March to 21st March (before the lockdown) and 25th March to 14th April (during the lockdown) in NCT Delhi, India.

Pollutants Type of station
Before lockdown
During lockdown
Overall variation
NCT Delhi avg. Industrial locations avg. Transport locations avg. Residential and other locations avg. NCT Delhi avg. Industrial locations avg. Transport locations avg. Residential and other locations avg. Net %
PM10 176.07 190.74 195.77 160.48 84.79 91.25 90.11 76.48 −91.28 −51.85
PM2.5 80.51 88.05 94.83 72.67 37.75 39.67 44.23 31.09 −42.76 −53.11
SO2 16.08 15.48 14.56 14.17 13.19 14.07 12.53 11.20 −2.89 −17.97
NO2 42.59 34.81 47.35 48.75 20.16 18.80 23.38 18.79 −22.44 −52.68
CO 1.03 1.33 1.13 1.01 0.72 1.04 0.71 0.64 −0.31 −30.35
O3 34.05 26.37 35.07 37.36 34.32 31.00 38.87 37.97 0.27 0.78
NH3 33.93 38.43 38.02 30.66 29.75 35.84 33.06 25.97 −4.18 −12.33
NAQI 185.99 196.38 215.29 174.78 72.64 92.45 87.29 79.8 −113.36 −60.95