Delhi Pollution: Haze engulfs national capital as air quality worsens

• Saturday | 20th October, 2018

About 33 areas in Delhi recorded very poor air quality while two areas shows severe air quality levels, according to CPCB. A haze engulfed the national capital as the air quality nosedived to very poor category with several areas inching towards severe pollution levels, authorities said Saturday. Anand Vihar, DTU, Mundaka, Narela, Nehru Nagar and Rohini all showed very poor air quality and are inching towards severe pollution levels, it said. Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida and Greater Noida all recorded very poor air quality. The air quality temporarily improved on Friday after rainfall but it worsened again.