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Strong winds are expected to clear the air, said Gufran Beig, a scientist at the Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research Institute (SAFAR)."The air quality is expected to improve and clear the stagnated dusty air that has primarily led to the rise in the pollution level," he said.The India Meteorological Department said that the strong winds Wholesale EPTFE waterproof and breathable composite material are expected to continue over the region. "Strong dust raising winds of the order of 25-35 kmph likely to continue over Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and west Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours," the IMD said.It also predicted thunderstorms at isolated places over the city in the coming days, bringing relief from the dusty air.

"Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds and lightning very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi , Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and north coastal Tamilnadu," it said.New Delhi: Air India will not be sold during the remaining tenure of the Modi government and the process could be started afresh only after 2019 general elections, a top government source told Financial Chronicle.The source, who is directly involved in the strategic disinvestment process of the loss-making carrier, said there is a broad thinking in the government to retain the ‘swadeshi’ tag for the national carrier and hence investment proposals from a foreign carrier would neither be pursued nor entertained.

The government’s latest stand is the second blow to Air India selloff plan in less than a month after the airline drew a blank in the first round of bidding with no private party showing up on the last date of the bid date late last month."The current market conditions are not conducive for Air India disinvestment. High oil prices have again raised the scare of a crisis in the aviation sector worldwide and selloff at this juncture would have limited interest with much lower valuation," said the source."The situation would be reassessed when oil prices are low but this is bound by uncertainties and may take the process too close to general elections.