Delhi saw a brief respite from elevated pollution levels on Thursday morning, with the air quality index (AQI) recorded at 220 in the 'poor' category ... .
Transport emissions and pollution from neighbouring cities continued to contribute significantly to the capital's air pollution load, according to official data ....
The air quality index (AQI) stood at 220, in the ‘poor’ category, at 9am ... According to data from the CentralPollutionControlBoard (CPCB), the 24-hour average AQI was recorded at 271 (poor) at 4pm on Wednesday.
While the overall air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category at 221, some places saw even better AQI with readings in the ‘moderate’ category - a reading that parts of Delhi--NCR are seeing after weeks of ‘very poor’ to 'severe' level air.
The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 234 at 4 pm, placing it in the ‘poor’ category, according to data from the CentralPollutionControlBoard (CPCB) ... with AQI levels below 200.
'The AQI of Delhi showed significant improvement since yesterday night, owing to high winds and favourable meteorological conditions and was recorded as 271 (poor category) on Dec 24,' the commission said on Wednesday.