New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality has improved further on Sunday, touching an air quality index (AQI) reading of 348 (very poor) at 9am.
“On Sunday, the AQI will improve further but remain in the ‘very poor’ category until Tuesday. The outlook for the subsequent six days, shows the AQI will largely stay ‘very poor’,” said the EWS forecast issued on Saturday evening.
On Thursday, Delhi recorded its worst AQI of the year, when it was 450 (severe) at 4pm. On Friday, it was 447 (severe); with the current drop a significant improvement from that peak.