Delhi air quality improves to ‘moderate’, AQI at 161

The air quality in the national capital Delhi has shown improvement and registered in the moderate category with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 161 as of 6 this morning. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, some areas of the city have breached the 200 AQI levels. 

The AQI at Delhi’s Shadipur



station was recorded at 264, Nehru Nagar 249, Mundka at 213, and R.K Puram recorded an AQI of 204. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that Delhi and the surrounding NCR are likely to experience smog and shallow fog during the night and morning hours over the next two days.