New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- The ash plume from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano, which erupted on Sunday morning, nearly for the first time in 12,000 years and migrated towards India, reaching the country's northwestern parts on Monday night, is unlikely to impact Delhi's air quality, according to a senior official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Speaking to UNI, M Mohapatra, IMD's director general, on Tuesday, said, the ash from the volcano is in the "upper-levels, so we will not see significant impact near the surface."He added that weather is a lower atmosphere phenomenon, while the ash's presence at altitudes between 8.5 km and 15 km (about15,000-45,000 feet) poses no threat to the ground and does not affect the air quality nea...