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A heavy broad of smog shrouded the national capital connected Saturday (December 13, 2025) greeting with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 397, connected the brinks of the 'severe' category.
Of the full monitoring stations successful Delhi, 21 were successful the 'severe' class with AQI readings crossing the 400-mark, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.
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According to the CPCB data, Wazirpur registered the highest AQI astatine 445, followed by Vivek Vihar astatine 444, Jahangirpuri astatine 442, Anand Vihar astatine 439, and 437 each successful Ashok Vihar and Rohini.
Narela recorded an AQI of 432, followed by 431 successful Pratapganj, 430 successful Mundka, and 429 each successful Bawana, ITO and Nehru Nagar, it added.
The AQI stood astatine 423 each successful Chandni Chowk and Punjabi Bagh, portion Siri Fort and Sonia Vihar each recorded 424, the CPCB information added.
It further noted that Burari Crossing registered an AQI of 414, followed by 409 astatine Karni Singh Shooting Range, 408 each successful North Campus and RK Puram, 404 astatine and Okhla Phase 2.
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', according to CPCB.
The Air Quality Early Warning System has forecast that Delhi's aerial prime is apt to stay successful the 'very poor' class connected Saturday (December 13) and whitethorn deteriorate further, with conditions expected to gaffe into the 'severe' class connected Sunday (December 14).
