Delhi air quality improves to ‘poor’ category with overall AQI at 286 Air pollution

The air quality in the national capital improved from the ‘very poor' category on Monday to the ‘poor' category on Tuesday morning with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 286, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). The city had recorded at 316 on Monday morning. However, the AQI around the Delhi University area remained in the ‘very poor' category today with an AQI of 326. The quantity of PM10 in the air was recorded at 194 (medium), while PM2.5 was reported to be at 116 (poor) in the national capital, according to SAFAR. As per the SAFAR data, the air quality in Noida was recorded in the ‘very poor' category with 312 AQI while the AQI was reported in the ‘poor' category at 266 in Gurugram. The Air Quality Index is a tool for effective communication of air quality status to people in terms, which are easy to understand.