Delhi's air quality improves, recorded in 'moderate' category
The national capital's air quality improved significantly to the 'moderate' category on Tuesday as rain and stronger winds helped bring down
New Delhi: The national capital's air quality improved significantly to the 'moderate' category on Tuesday as rain and stronger winds helped bring down pollution levels, authorities said.
The city recorded an air quality index of 168, which falls in the 'moderate' category, much better than Monday's AQI of 221, which falls in the 'poor' category.
However, the authorities said that the improvement will be short-lived and the AQI is likely to slip back into the 'poor' category on Thursday.
The city's 24-hour average AQI was 435 on Sunday and 414 on Saturday.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
The overall air quality of Delhi is in the 'moderate' category as of Tuesday morning.
The AQI is likely to slip back into the 'poor' category on Thursday.