Air quality in Delhi-NCR improves, reaching the moderate category

The air quality in Delhi-NCR has shown a little improvement and registered in the moderate category with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 183 at 6 this morning. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI in some areas of the city has crossed the 200 mark. The AQI at Delhi’s Anand Vihar station was recorded at 260, Vivek Vihar at 255, Nehru Nagar



at 268, Mundka at 250, Patparganj at 235, Jahangirpuri at 239, and ITO recorded an AQI of 202. 

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, and 301 and 400 very poor. An AQI between 401 and 450 is considered severe.