GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 29th Oct. The air quality in Delhi was recorded in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday morning, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 272, marking an improvement from the AQI of 304 observed a day earlier, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board.
Data from 37 out of 40 monitoring stations were made available by the department. Among these, 10 stations—Anand Vihar, Alipur, Aya Nagar, Bawana, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, Narela, Wazirpur, Vivek Vihar, and Sonia Vihar—registered air quality in the “very poor” category, while the remaining stations fell into the “poor” category.
The national capital is often blanketed by smog during evening and early morning hours. As of 8:30 AM, the weather department reported calm wind speeds, with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.3 degrees Celsius, four degrees above the seasonal average. The relative humidity stood at 85 percent.
Forecasters predict clear skies throughout the day, with the maximum temperature expected to reach around 33 degrees Celsius.
For reference, the AQI categories are defined as follows: 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘severe’.
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