Delhi AQI today: At 261, city’s air quality improves slightly amid festive season | Delhi News – Times of India

Festival pollution may worsen air quality during Diwal

NEW DELHI: As the festive season approaches, Delhi saw a slight improvement in air quality, moving from the ‘Very Poor’ to the ‘Poor’ range with an AQI reading of 261 at 8.00 am on Tuesday, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India).
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On Monday, Delhi recorded its sixth ‘very poor’ air quality day of the month, though the AQI improved to 304 from Sunday’s 356, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
Forecasts suggest air quality will remain ‘very poor’ through Wednesday and could worsen to ‘severe’ on Diwali with additional emissions from firecrackers and stubble burning.
“From Thursday, air quality is projected to hover between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ for the following six days,” stated the Air Quality Early Warning System, a forecasting body under the Union ministry of earth sciences.