Delhi AQI: Air quality is currently "bad" with a reading of 266; More information here

Delhi AQI: The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research rated the air quality in the capital as "bad" on Saturday morning, with an AQI of 266. (SAFAR-India).

At 7:01 a.m., Lodhi Road's AQI reported at 211, which is considered to be a "bad" level, while the Pusa Road area's AQI was 193, which is considered to be a "moderate" level.

Similar to this, Gurugram's AQI was 162, which is considered to be "moderate." However, the AQI rose to 286 at the Delhi Airport (T3).

Around Delhi University, the air quality was recorded at 331, which is considered to be "extremely poor." The AQI in Noida (UP) was 283, which likewise put it in the "bad" quality zone.

An AQI of 201 at Ayanagar indicated "bad" air quality, while an AQI of 179 in Mathura Road indicated "moderate" air quality. The AQI for the vicinity of IIT Delhi was 215. Dhirpur recorded an AQI of 329, which is considered to be "extremely poor" for air quality.

The AQI is a tool made to make it easier to explain the public's air quality needs by utilising simple categories. Good, Satisfactory, Moderately Polluted, Poor, Extremely Poor, and Severe are the six AQI classifications. Based on the environmental air pollution concentration levels and their possible health effects, or "health breakpoints," these groups are categorised.

The AQI scale classifies air quality as "excellent" between 0 and 50, "acceptable" between 51 and 100, "moderate" between 101 and 200, "poor" between 201 and 300, "extremely poor" between 301 and 400, and "severe" between 401 and 450. When the AQI exceeds 450, the word "severe" is used.

On October 9, AAP Chief Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar stated at a press conference, "Delhi's air quality continued to improve by 8% in 2022. Its improvement has increased by 31% as of 2023. The year 2023 will have the finest air quality in Delhi over the past eight years, excluding the COVID period."

Authorities in the National Capital Region were earlier urged to enact a ban on coal usage in hotels and restaurants by the National Air Quality Committee. As Delhi's air quality deteriorated to "bad," they were also instructed to impose sanctions on businesses and thermal power plants that contribute to pollution.

This action was taken as a part of the government's pollution management policy, known as the "Graded Response Action Plan" (GRAP), which was implemented in the Delhi-NCR region to combat air pollution issues during the winter.