Summary:
The overall air quality index (AQI) oscillated between 410 and 420 during the day, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board. Twenty-seven of the 37 air quality monitoring stations across Delhi recorded the AQI in the “severe” category. Anand Vihar was the most polluted area in the Capital with an AQI of 464 and Wazirpur following with an AQI of 462. Pollution levels in the satellite towns of Ghaziabad (478), Greater Noida (440), and Noida (451) were worse. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor SAFAR, the share of stubble-burning in Delhi’s pollution has risen to 35 per cent, the season’s highest..