Delhi wakes up to a blanket of smog today, AQI ‘very poor,’ NCR to get relief from pollution in a few days

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National Capital Region (NCR) has been steadily experiencing a worsening pollution situation for the past nine days. Delhi's air quality fell into the 'very poor' category with an AQI of 389, as reported by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India). PM 10 levels stood at 393 and PM 2.5 stood 236, both of which are much higher than the safe limit.

Delhi recorded 14 degrees Celsius temperature on Sunday morning with a minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature to be around 25.9 degrees Celsius. Also read: Delhi grapples with 'severe' air quality as AQI soars to 404 today According to Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi's air quality stood at 385 on a scale of 500. Most locations across the national capital recorded ‘very poor’ to 'severe' air quality on Sunday morning.

Also read: Delhi air quality slipped to 'severe' again but likely to improve marginally next week Locations across Delhi that registered ‘severe’ AQI that include Wazirpur whose AQI stood at 456, Jahangirpuri whose AQI stood at 450, Punjabi Bagh whose AQI stood at 445, Mundka whose AQI stood at 441, Ashok Vihar whose AQI stood at 434, Sonia Vihar whose AQI stood at 428, Nehru Nagar whose AQI stood at 425, Rohini whose AQI stood at 424, Burari Crossing whose AQI stood at 404 and Mandir Marg whose AQI stood at 401. Surrounding areas across Delhi including Noida registered an AQI of 344, in Greater Noida AQI stood at 325, in Ghaziabad AQI stood at 338 while in Faridabad AQI stood at 378. Over the last two days, cold north-westerly winds have led to a fall in temperature creating a favourable atmosphere for smog-filled air.