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After 2 days of little relief, the nationalist capital’s aerial prime slipped backmost into the 'very poor' class astatine 332, with respective monitoring stations signaling 'severe' contamination levels.
Delhi's 24-hour mean Air Quality Index (AQI) stood astatine 332 astatine 4 p.m. connected Friday (December 26, 2025), slipping into the ‘very poor’ category, compared to 234 recorded connected Thursday (December 25) and 271 astatine the aforesaid clip a time earlier, according to information from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Out of the 38 functional aerial prime monitoring stations successful the city, of a full of 40, 8 stations recorded ‘severe’ aerial prime with AQI readings supra 400.
These included Anand Vihar, Bawana, DTU, Jahangirpuri, Narela, Nehru Nagar, Rohini and Vivek Vihar. As galore arsenic 20 stations were successful the ‘very poor’ category, portion 9 stations recorded ‘poor’ aerial quality, arsenic per information from CPCB’s SAMEER app.
According to the CPCB classification, an AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51–100 ‘satisfactory’, 101–200 ‘moderate’, 201–300 ‘poor’, 301–400 ‘very poor’ and 401–500 ‘severe’.
Data from the Decision Support System (DSS) for Air Quality Management showed vehicular emissions were the largest contributor to Delhi's contamination load connected Wednesday (December 24), accounting for 19.7%, followed by industries successful Delhi and its periphery astatine 10.1% and residential sources astatine 4.9%.
Among NCR districts, Jhajjar successful Haryana contributed the highest stock to Delhi's contamination astatine 20%, followed by Sonipat (4%), Panipat (4%), Gurugram (4%) and Rohtak (2.3%, the information showed).
The Air Quality Early Warning System forecast that Delhi's aerial prime is apt to stay successful the ‘very poor’ class implicit the adjacent six days.
On the upwind front, Delhi recorded a maximum somesthesia of 22.3°C connected Wednesday (December 24), 1.6 degrees supra normal, portion the minimum somesthesia settled astatine 7.7°C, somewhat beneath normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Relative humidity levels ranged betwixt 66% and 100%.
The IMD forecasts a maximum and minimum somesthesia of astir 22°C and 7°C, respectively, connected Saturday (December 27), with dense fog expected implicit the adjacent fewer days.
