Delhi’s air quality remained ‘very poor’ on Tuesday, with Air Quality Index (AQI) at 349 as per SAFAR-India. Though it was still under very poor category, the air quality was just slightly better than Tuesday’s AQI of 385.
Earlier on Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) ordered the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-II) in Delhi-NCR after the overall AQI fell into the ‘very poor’ category. Delhi recorded a daily average AQI of 310, as per the CPCB’s daily AQI Bulletin.
“As per the dynamic model and forecasts for weather/meteorological conditions and air quality provided by IMD/IITM, there is a likelihood of the daily average AQI of Delhi remaining in the ‘very poor’ category (AQI 301-400) in the coming days due to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions,” according to a Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change release.https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/delhis-air-quality-remains-very-poor-aqi-at-349/articleshow/114484928.cms