The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'poor' category while the Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 286, SAFAR informed. Meanwhile, Noida's AQI stood at 255 with air quality remaining in 'poor' category as well while the air quality in Gurugram was slightly better remaining in 'moderate' category with AQI at 200.
In the Delhi University area and Pusa, the quality of air was recorded as 'very poor' and 'poor' with AQI at 316 and 201, respectively at 7 am today. The quality of air in the IIT Delhi region also remained in the poor category with an AQI of 276.
The quality of air at the Airport (T3) was also in the poor category, with an AQI of 293. The Mathura Road recorded 165 AQI, coming under the moderate category.Meanwhile, Noida recorded an AQI of 255 (poor) and Gurugram 200 (moderate).
After being in the 'moderate' category with an AQI of 190 on Wednesday, the city's AQI has been in the 'poor' category since then with 256 on Thursday and 249 on Friday.
Just a day earlier, Delhi's air quality had turned 'very poor' on Sunday for the first time since May, mainly due to a drop in temperature and wind speed, which allowed pollutants to accumulate. The quality of air in the national capital continued to remain in the poor category on Friday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) setting at 249, according to SAFAR India.
The city's average air quality index (AQI) stood at 256 at 9 am. Several areas recorded their AQI in the 'very poor' category. Delhi's 24-hour average AQI was 256 at 4 pm on Thursday, 243 on Wednesday and 220 on Tuesday.
According to the AQI scale, the air quality check between 0 and 50 is "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 450 "severe".
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