On Saturday morning, most of the metropolitan cities recorded a marginal improvement in the air quality, five days after the country celebrated Diwali. Delhi, on October 25, recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 336 at 9.30 am, in the ‘very poor’ category. Visibility remained low in NCR and adjoining in the early hours of Saturday, with a thick layer of smog in most areas.

According to the readings by aqi.in, Delhi recorded an AQI of 336 at 9.30 am on Tuesday morning, falling in the ‘very poor’ category. Of the eight total metropolitan cities, the AQI stands above 150 in just two cities – Ahmedabad and Delhi.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru and Hyderabad recorded the cleanest air quality among all eight cities. Bengaluru had an AQI of 32 while Hyderabad recorded an AQI of 45. Chennai al

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