Delhi air quality remains very poor as smog envelops capital
The city's overall Air Quality Index stood at 351 on Sunday morning with eight monitoring stations recording severe pollution levels.
A thick layer of smog enveloped Delhi on Sunday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 351 at 8 am, according to India Today. The reading was slightly higher than Saturday's AQI of 348, indicating a deterioration in air quality over the last 24 hours.
The air quality remained in the 'very poor' category, with PM2.5 identified as the prominent pollutant. Eight monitoring stations recorded AQI levels above 400, placing them in the 'severe' category. These included IIT Delhi at 425, ITO at 415, Narela at 414, NSIT Dwarka at 409, and Jaffarpur at 407.
Other stations in the severe category included the Commonwealth Sports Complex at 403, as well as Pusa and the North Campus of Delhi University, which both recorded 402. Burari Crossing also recorded an AQI of 400.
In the National Capital Region (NCR), air quality was also poor on Sunday morning. Gurugram recorded the highest AQI among neighbouring cities at 324, followed by Noida at 313 and Faridabad at 311, all in the 'very poor' category. Ghaziabad and Greater Noida recorded 294 and 283 respectively, placing them in the 'poor' category.