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The Delhi and national capital region (NCR) on Wednesday, December 24, recorded air quality in the "very poor" category, with the national capital reporting an overall AQI at 349.
The air quality seemed to have improved marginally, as 39 out of 40 pollution monitoring stations recorded AQI below 400 levels while remaining in the "very poor" category. No reading was available for one station.
Earlier on December the overall AQI of Delhi stood at 412 which falls under the severe category.
On December 24, as of 7:05 am, Aya Nagar recorded an AQI at 271 which falls under the "poor" category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Sameer mobile application data. IGI Airport (T3) recorded 273 AQI. Mandir Marg (289) and IIT Delhi (298) stations also recorded improved air quality.
The highest of the AQI levels were recorded at Nehru Nagar (399), Okhla Phase 2 (382), Mundka (385), Jahangirpuri (373), Vivek Vihar (377), Ashok Vihar (374), Sirifort (367), RK Puran (376), and Chandni Chowk (382) among others.
In the surrounding national capital region, Ghaziabad recorded an overall AQI of 309, with two of its monitoring stations at Sanjay Nagar (339), and Vasundhara (377) registering very poor AQI levels.
Greater Noida recorded overall AQI at 344 with its Knowledge Park-V station recording AQI at 359, and Knowledge Park-III reporting 328 levels.
Noida's overall AQI also fell in the very poor category at 355. All four stations — Sector 125 (357), Sector 1 (398), Sector 116 (362), and Sector 62 (302) — reported very poor AQI.
Gurugram's overall AQI levels also stood in "very poor" range at 316. Only one out of four of its pollution monitoring station located at Vikas Sadan recorded AQI in poor range at 285. Other three recorded AQI levels in "very poor" category.
Haryana's Rohtak recorded AQI close to severe category. City's only station at MD University reported AQI at 387.
Similarly, state's Dharuhera also reported "very poor" air quality with AQI at 329.
The air quality seemed to have improved marginally, as 39 out of 40 pollution monitoring stations recorded AQI below 400 levels while remaining in the "very poor" category. No reading was available for one station.
Earlier on December the overall AQI of Delhi stood at 412 which falls under the severe category.
On December 24, as of 7:05 am, Aya Nagar recorded an AQI at 271 which falls under the "poor" category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Sameer mobile application data. IGI Airport (T3) recorded 273 AQI. Mandir Marg (289) and IIT Delhi (298) stations also recorded improved air quality.
The highest of the AQI levels were recorded at Nehru Nagar (399), Okhla Phase 2 (382), Mundka (385), Jahangirpuri (373), Vivek Vihar (377), Ashok Vihar (374), Sirifort (367), RK Puran (376), and Chandni Chowk (382) among others.
In the surrounding national capital region, Ghaziabad recorded an overall AQI of 309, with two of its monitoring stations at Sanjay Nagar (339), and Vasundhara (377) registering very poor AQI levels.
Greater Noida recorded overall AQI at 344 with its Knowledge Park-V station recording AQI at 359, and Knowledge Park-III reporting 328 levels.
Noida's overall AQI also fell in the very poor category at 355. All four stations — Sector 125 (357), Sector 1 (398), Sector 116 (362), and Sector 62 (302) — reported very poor AQI.
Gurugram's overall AQI levels also stood in "very poor" range at 316. Only one out of four of its pollution monitoring station located at Vikas Sadan recorded AQI in poor range at 285. Other three recorded AQI levels in "very poor" category.
Haryana's Rohtak recorded AQI close to severe category. City's only station at MD University reported AQI at 387.
Similarly, state's Dharuhera also reported "very poor" air quality with AQI at 329.
