New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi has improved to ‘poor’ from the earlier ‘very poor’ category with Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 273, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) data.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Delhi’s air quality saw slight improvement amid rains while the city’s maximum temperature settled at 21.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average.
The 24-hour air quality index (AQI) of Delhi read 258 at 4 pm on Thursday, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
It predicted that January 9 onwards, the air quality is likely to worsen due to gradual decrease in maximum and minimum temperatures as well as wind speed, all contributing to low dispersion of pollutants.
