Delhi Pollution Update: AQI Drops to ‘Poor’ Category – Key Highlights

AQI Drops to ‘Poor’: AQI in Delhi has improved slightly since Sunday and is now below 300. The city is in the ‘poor’ category.

As of this morning at 7:30 am, none of Delhi's 38 monitoring stations were classified as "severe." The SAMEER app indicates that the AQI at Lodhi Road is "satisfactory."

Delhi AQI today

AQI finally in green: There’s finally some green in Delhi, Lodhi Road (IITM) is 95, ‘satisfactory’ according to CPCB. Hazy in most of Delhi and NCR.

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Delhi AQI today: 24-hour average AQI till 7:30 am today is 279, ‘poor’. Much better than yesterday morning when it was hazardous, 450+ for the first time this season.

Best and worst AQI: Shadipur was the most polluted with AQI 347 (very poor) and Lodhi Road (IITM) was the least polluted with AQI 95. AQI at RK Puram (275), Sirifort (267), Sri Aurobindo Marg (227), ITO (234) and IGI Airport (260) was in the orange zone (poor).

AQI categories: 0-50 good, 51-100 satisfactory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor, 401-450 severe, 451 severe+. CPCB data shows PM2.5 as the primary pollutant with 138 at 3 pm.

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GRAP restrictions: AQI had worsened yesterday and was 495, the highest this season. So GRAP Stage 4 was implemented across the city.

Delhi weather Moderate fog today. Max and min temp 28 and 12 degrees.

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