Delhi woke up to a smoggy morning as the poor air quality and the fog and mist because of the winter caused the smog. The air quality in the national capital remained ‘very poor’ as the AQI of Delhi stood at 332.
The air quality in Noida and Gurugram was also recorded in the inferior category with AQI at 375 and 321 respectively. At the Delhi University area, the air quality was recorded in very poor with AQI of 341, Pusa recorded an AQI of 312 while Dhirpur recorded an AQI of 393. Lodhi Road recorded 315, Delhi Airport (T3) recorded an AQI of 321, and Mathura road recorded an AQI of 342. The AQI at IIT Delhi stood at 316 at 9 am on Saturday.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.