A blanket of fog covered parts of Delhi for the second consecutive day on Thursday with the air quality index remaining in the ‘severe’ category, an official said.
The city recorded its lowest minimum temperature of the season so far at 16.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal, according to the weather department.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi’s Air Quality Index at 9 am was 428, which falls in the ‘severe’ category.
“Of 39 monitoring stations in Delhi, 32 recorded air quality in the ‘severe’ category, with readings above 400. These stations include Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, IGI Airport, ITO, Mandir Marg, North Campus, Patparganj, Punjabi Bagh, and Pusa among others,” an official said.
The air quality in Delhi on Wednesday was reported as the worst in the country, plunging into the ‘severe’ category for the first time this season.
The city’s 24-hour AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, stood at 418 on Wednesday, up from 334 the previous day.