Delhi pollution: Air quality plunges to ‘very poor’

Delhi | Saturday | 11th January, 2020

Summary:

A+ A-New Delhi: The pollution level in Delhi was in the ‘very poor’ category on Saturday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 302, said Centre-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). The AQI was in the ‘very poor’ category at 321 with PM2.5 in Chandani Chowk while at Mathura road it was at 331. Adjoining Uttar Pradesh’s Noida recorded ‘very poor’ air quality at 322. The temperature in the region would range between 6 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees Celsius in the next two days. SAFAR has advised ‘Sensitive Groups’ to reduce prolonged or heavy exertion when the air quality is not good..