Delhi struggles with ‘very poor’ air quality for 6th day in a row; Check when will rain wash off pollution fears

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IMD issues ‘Orange Alert’ for very heavy rain, thunderstorms in these four states till 23 November. See full forecast Yesterday, an AQI of 395 was registered at 4 pm.

According to the Union Earth Sciences Ministry’s Early Warning System, the subsequent six days will witness ‘very poor’ air quality with minimal significant change. Also read: Delhi air quality ‘very poor’, AQI at 348; no relief from high pollution levels for next few days Over the last two days, cold north-westerly winds have led to a fall in temperature creating a favourable atmosphere for smog-filled air.

On November 23, wind direction was expected to switch to easterly. Delhi recorded the season's lowest temperature today of 9.2 degrees Celsius today morning with a minimum temperature of 10.4 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature to be around 27.6 degrees Celsius.

Also read: Heavy rain batters Tamil Nadu, schools shut; orange alert in parts of Kerala As per data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) most stations around Delhi registered ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ air quality at 11 am that is in the range ‘300-500’ on a scale of 500. In North Campus AQI stood at 482, in Dwarka-Sector 8 AQI stood at 412, in IGI Airport (T3) AQI stood at 402, in R K Puram AQI stood at 415, in Mundka AQI stood at 420, in Punjabi Bagh AQI stood at 426, in Nehru Nagar AQI stood at 424, in Wazirpur AQI stood at 423 and in Rohini AQI stood at 413.