Delhi Air Quality: The air quality in Delhi is far from getting any better as it remained in very poor category for over 15 consecutive days on Saturday. At 8:00 AM, the national capital recorded an AQI of 335. However, the AQI was less than the 24-hour average of 369 on Friday.
The areas around India Gate and Kartavya Path were seen blanketed in a layer of toxic smog. In Delhi, the most polluted area was Narela, where AQI was recorded at 389. In the entire NCR region, the most polluted area was Loni, where the AQI touched 396.
Area-wise AQI in Delhi
-Anand Vihar: 350
-Bawana: 360
-Chandni Chowk: 343
-DTU: 351
-Dwarka Sector-8: 365
-IGI Airport: 291
-ITO: 342
-Jahangirpuri: 356
-JLN Stadium: 337
-Mundka: 254
-NSIT: Dwarka: 254
-Narela: 389
-Okhla Phase-2: 338
-RK Puram: 365
-Vivek Vihar: 356
-Wazirpur: 348
AQI in other NCR areas
-Noida Sector-125: 365
-Noida Sector-62: 292
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-Ghaziabad's Indirapuram: 339
-Ghaziabad's Loni: 396
-Gurugram's NISE Gwal Pahari: 334
-Gurugram's Sector
-Faridabad's New Industrial Town: 231
The AQI 0-50 is 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'.
Earlier on Friday morning, the AQI in the national capital stood at 384, which was a steep rise from the day before in the wake of the revocation of restrictions under GRAP-III
