Delhi-NCR air quality registers ‘poor’ category with AQI at 278

The air quality in Delhi-NCR has been registered in the poor category with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 278 as of 7 AM this morning. 

According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the AQI in some areas of the city has crossed the 300 mark. The AQI at Delhi’s Jahangirpuri Station was recorded at 345, Vivek Vihar Station at 338,



Wazirpur at 334, Nehru Nagar at 336, Bawana at 330, Rohini at 326, Okhla Phase-2 at 320 and Mundka at 318.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has forecast smog and moderate to dense fog in the night and morning hours of Delhi-NCR along with a partly cloudy sky during the day.