New Delhi: Delhi air quality stood at 331 on Monday morning at 6:30 am which lies in the ‘very poor’ category according to the Central Pollution Control Board. According to monitoring agencies, Delhi and its suburbs registered marginal improvement on November 19, Sunday, but major relief from high pollution levels is unlikely over the next few days. Delhi registered 13.4 degree Celsius temperature today with 1500 metres visibility as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).
According to data from CPCB, a ‘very poor’ air quality was recorded at these stations in Delhi – Jahangirpuri, where AQI stood at 395, in Punjabi Bagh AQI, stood at 388; in Rohini AQI stood at 381; in Nehru Nagar AQI stood at 376; in Anand Vihar AQI stood at 364; in Sonia Vihar AQI stood at 359, and in Patparganj AQI stood at 358.
Earlier on Saturday, the air quality in the national capital reached ‘very poor’ category registering an air quality index (AQI) of 340 in the morning, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) India. There has been a slight improvement as compared to the ‘severe’ category AQI of 405 recorded on Friday evening due to favourable weather conditions that marked the 12th day this month that Delhites had to endure severe or near-severe air quality levels. Delhi government lifted some anti-pollution curbs and allowed entry of trucks in the capital.
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