Mumbai breathes easy as air quality improves to moderate

MUMBAI: The air quality in Mumbai has improved in the last couple of days due to reversal of wind flow and rise in temperature, an official from the System of Air

Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said on Tuesday. According to SAFAR, with an overall air quality index (AQI) of 156, the city on Monday breathed the cleanest air so far this year. Earlier this month, Mumbai recorded an AQI of 317, but the conditions improved to 162 on January 16. -