Delhi’s air quality remain ‘poor’ for sixth day in a row

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Delhi’s Air Quality Index remained successful  the ‘poor’ category, with a speechmaking  of 284 astatine  9 a.m., according to the Central Pollution Control Board. File

Delhi’s Air Quality Index remained successful the ‘poor’ category, with a speechmaking of 284 astatine 9 a.m., according to the Central Pollution Control Board. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Delhi connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) recorded a minimum somesthesia of 20.6 degrees Celsius, 2.2 notches supra the seasonal average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Relative humidity stood astatine 71% astatine 8:30 a.m.

The IMD has forecast chiefly wide skies during the day. The maximum somesthesia is apt to settee astir 33 degrees Celsius.

Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained successful the ‘poor’ category, with a speechmaking of 284 astatine 9 a.m., according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

An AQI betwixt zero 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’.

Out of the 38 monitoring stations successful Delhi, 12 reported aerial prime successful the ‘very poor’ category.

Anand Vihar recorded the highest AQI astatine 430. Wazirpur recorded an AQI of 364, Vivek Vihar 351, Dwarka 335, RK Puram 323, Siri Fort, Dilshad Garden, and Jahangirpuri 318, Punjabi Bagh 313, Nehru Nagar 310, Ashok Vihar 305, and Bawana 304, CPCB information showed.

Published - October 19, 2025 11:29 americium IST

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