Air Quality Index was recorded (average) at 266. A day prior (Saturday), the AQI index was at 173.
As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), air quality in Kartavya Path at India Gate was recorded at 266, IGI Terminal T3 in New Delhi at 276.
Meanwhile, Noida recorded an AQI of 290 (poor) and Gurugram 152 (moderate). Anand Vihar breached the very poor category in New Delhi with an AQI of 345, IT0 with an AQI of 309, New Moti Bagh with an AQI of 360, Dwarkar Sector-8 recorded an AQI of 313.
On Friday morning, the air quality in the Delhi-NCR was in the 'moderate' category with an AQI reading of 149.