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The wide aerial prime of Delhi improved somewhat to the ‘very poor’ class connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) greeting aft staying successful the ‘severe’ and ‘severe plus’ class for 3 consecutive days, arsenic per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
The aerial prime is apt to enactment successful the ‘very poor’ class for the adjacent 3 days.
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But galore idiosyncratic stations specified arsenic ITO, Punjabi Bagh, and Anand Vihar continued to grounds ‘severe’ level aerial pollution.
An AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
The Delhi authorities connected Monday (December 15, 2025) directed schools to displacement classes up to Grade 5 to the online mode.
Every winter, aerial contamination spikes successful Delhi-NCR and galore parts of the larger Indo-Gangetic Plains, chiefly owed to meteorological factors specified arsenic little upwind speeds and a driblet successful temperature. Pollution from stubble burning during October and November and bursting of firecrackers during the festive play worsen aerial prime and adhd to the emissions from vehicles and dust.
