New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) A thick veil of smog descended over the capital on Friday, with the average AQI settling at 327, in the ‘very poor’ category, while the city shivered on its coldest December morning so far this year with the mercury dipping to 5.6 degrees Celsius.

The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 327, after clocking 323 during the morning hours when 30 monitoring stations across the capital logged ‘very poor’ air quality. Bawana reported the worst AQI at 373, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

By 6 pm, 31 of the 39 stations assessed had fallen into the ‘very poor’ range, with R K Puram registering one of the highest AQI readings at 370, the CPCB’s Sameer app showed. Show Full Article

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