Delhi: ‘Severe’ air pollution recorded at 28 of city’s 39 monitoring stations

A toxic haze continued to shroud Delhi on Thursday as the air quality remained in the “severe” category.

At 5.06 pm, the Air Quality Index in 28 out of the 39 monitoring stations in the national capital was was “severe” or worse, the Sameer application, which provides hourly updates published by the Central Pollution Control Board, showed. At the Wazirpur and Bawana monitoring stations, pollution had even crossed the “severe plus” threshold.

The average Air Quality Index in Delhi stood at 406.

An index value between 0 and 50 indicates “good” air quality, between 51 and 100 indicates “satisfactory” air quality and between 101 and 200 indicates “moderate” air quality. As the index value increases further, air quality deteriorates. A value of 201 and 300 means “poor” air quality, whi