Delhi air remains 'very poor' despite marginal improvement

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Morning walkers seen nether  a furniture   of smog, arsenic  the wide    aerial  prime   of Delhi is successful  precise  mediocre  category, successful  Delhi. File.

Morning walkers seen nether a furniture of smog, arsenic the wide aerial prime of Delhi is successful precise mediocre category, successful Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

Delhi's aerial prime showed a marginal betterment connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) greeting but remained successful the "very poor" class with the metropolis signaling an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 339 astatine 9 a.m., according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

The city's AQI connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) greeting stood astatine 395 successful the "very poor" category, the CPCB information showed.

Of each the monitoring stations reporting data, 30 recorded "very poor" aerial prime and 8 fell successful the "poor" category, CPCB information from the Sameer app showed.

Jahangirpuri recorded the worst aerial prime with an AQI of 390.

According to the CPCB classification, an AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 to 100 is "satisfactory", 101 to 200 is "moderate", 201 to 300 is "poor", 301 to 400 is "very poor", and 401 to 500 is "severe".

Meanwhile, upwind conditions offered small relief. The city's minimum somesthesia was recorded astatine 7.2 degrees Celsius. Station-specific information indicated minimum temperatures of 8.8 degrees Celsius astatine Palam, 9 degrees Celsius astatine Ridge, 8 degrees Celsius astatine Ayanagar, and 7.6 degrees Celsius astatine Lodhi Road, portion Safdarjung noted the city's lowest minimum astatine 7.2 degrees Celsius.

The maximum somesthesia is expected to settee astir 24 degrees Celsius, accompanied by mean fog.

Published - January 21, 2026 11:02 americium IST

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