Delhi residents woke up to a toxic haze and smog blanketing the national capital as air quality showed no signs of improvement on Friday, November 14. With 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 399, it is after three days that Delh's AQI registered an improvement and dropped to ‘very poor’ range.

DTU and Dilshad Garden record ‘poor’ AQI

According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) real time data from 38 air quality monitoring stations across Delhi, DTU station recorded the best air quality with an AQI of 270 at 7:00 AM. Another station that recorded AQI in poor range at 297 was IHBAS, Dilshad Garden.

A total of 25 monitoring stations recorded severe air quality while 11 stations registered ‘very poor’ AQI. According to meteorologists, unfavourable atmospheric conditions have

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