Air quality in Delhi 'very poor', Environment Minister Gopal Rai calls meeting

New Delhi: Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday called an urgent meeting to review the implementation of pollution mitigation measures as a layer of smoke covered Delhi this morning amid rapidly deteriorating air quality.

Delhi's air quality turned "very poor" on Sunday for the first time since May 17 due to



unfavourable meteorological conditions, according to monitoring agencies.

The capital's 24-hour average air quality index stood at 313 on Sunday, deteriorating from 248 on Saturday. Delhi last recorded "very poor" air quality on May 17 when the AQI was 336.