The air quality in Delhi continued to improve onMonday morning, although the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docked at 218,which falls in the poor category.
More relief is in the offing for the residents, withlight rain likely in the next three days that is expected to clear out thepollutants from the air.
In several places of Delhi, the AQI hovered between 'moderate'and 'poor' category. At Pusa Road, the PM 2.5 level was at 182 while PM 10level read at 132, both of which falls in the 'moderate' category as of 8.30am.
At Lodhi Road, the PM 2.5 level was at 201 'poor'category and PM 10 level docked at 125.
However, the AQI levels were unhealthy at Chandni Chowk, a congested area in Old Delhi. The PM 2.5 level read 328 (very poor) while the PM 10 level was 246 (poor).
An AQI between 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and401-500 is marked as 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus'category.
According to SAFAR, the overall AQI in Delhi wasrecorded at 239 on Sunday.
Elsewhere in NCR, PM 2.5 level docked at 279 ('poor') while PM 10 level was at 143 ('moderate'). In Noida, the PM 2.5 level was recorded at 166 and PM 10 level docked at 170, both of which fall in the 'moderate' category, as per the reports of SAFAR.
