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Delhi woke up to choking aerial connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) greeting arsenic heavy fog and haze engulfed the city, with AQI levels crossing 400 (severe category) astatine 27 monitoring stations and respective others slipping into the ‘severe plus’ range, exposing residents to highly hazardous pollution.
At 9 a.m. connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025), the metropolis recorded an AQI of 415, slipping from the 'very poor' class a time earlier, arsenic contamination levels continued their upward climb, according to information from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Out of 40 monitoring stations, 27 recorded terrible aerial prime with AQI readings supra 400, a level known to person superior wellness impacts.
Five stations were successful the 'severe plus' class with AQI readings supra 450, with Anand Vihar signaling an AQI of 470, Nehru Nagar (463), Okhla (459), Mundka (459) and Sirifort (450), arsenic per information from the CPCB's SAMEER app.
According to the CPCB standards, an AQI from 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'.
On the upwind front, dense fog led to a crisp driblet successful visibility, with Palam signaling 50 metres visibility nether dense fog conditions with west-southwesterly winds astatine 5 kmph astatine 8 a.m., portion Safdarjung reported 100 metres visibility with calm winds astatine the aforesaid time.
Visibility improved somewhat by 8.30 a.m., with Palam signaling 100 metres visibility nether dense fog with west-southwesterly winds astatine 5 kmph and Safdarjung reporting 150 metres visibility with calm winds.
Delhi's minimum somesthesia dropped to 8.8 degrees Celsius, which is 1.3 degrees supra normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The maximum somesthesia is expected to hover astir 23 degrees Celsius, with the forecast indicating dense fog conditions during the day.
