Delhi Air Pollution: Delhi’s Air Quality Index witnessed a slight improvement on Thursday morning as AQI at 8 am stood at 277 in the poor category, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. The national capital saw an AQI of 302 in the very poor category on Wednesday with many areas exceeding 350.

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Anand Vihar 335, Jahangirpuri 308, Wazirpur 307, Sirifort 319, Sonia Viahr 291, Vivek Vihar 318, Mundka 297, JLN Stadium 306, Pusa 303, Okhla Phase-2 311, DTU 263, Ashok Vihar 295, Chandni Chowk 318, Nehru Nagar 343, Patparganj 303, Rohini 329, RK Puram 324.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a cold wave in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan for the next few days. Meanwhile, Delhi saw a second cold day on Wednesday. As per the weather body, dense to very dense fog is likely to persist in the morning hours in parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan between January 8 and 10. Dense fog is also likely to persist in many areas of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning.

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Delhi saw a maximum temperature of 16.7 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees below normal. As per IMD, dense fog will engulf the national capital on Thursday morning. A yellow alert has been issued in this regard. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 16 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the CAQM (Commission for Air Quality Management) has remained silent on the issues raised by the Court and on the worsening AQI levels in Delhi-NCR. A bench of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the CAQM has clearly failed to identify the causes of the worsening AQI in Delhi and to propose long-term solutions to curb it.

"CAQM, instead of placing any concrete plan or proposal for visible long-term remedial measures, submitted only a status note, which is silent on most of the issues raised by the Court as well as by the learned Amicus Curiae. CAQM has failed to clearly identify the causes of worsening AQI or propose long-term solutions", the top court noted.