Delhi Pollution: Air quality in the national capital continues to deteriorate, AQI in ‘severe’ category

New Delhi: Air quality in the national capital continued to deteriorate and the Air Quality Index (AQI) has been classified as ‘severe’ on Friday. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the overall air quality recorded at 486 in Delhi.

As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI recorded at 422 in Anand Vihar, 407 in RK Puram, 421 in Dwarka’s Sector 8 and 430 in Bawana, all were reported in ‘Severe category’. In Haryana’s Gurugram, air quality was recorded in ‘very poor’ category, in the morning, according to CPCB.

Delhi: Air Quality Index at 448 in the ‘severe’ category at ITO, as per Central Pollution Control Board pic.twitter.com/EuHKljE4tO

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“People have started bursting firecrackers before the festival of Diwali, we are having breathing problem because of it,” said a local in Gurugram.

Delhi: Air Quality continues to deteriorate in the national capital

Air Quality Index is at 422 in Anand Vihar, 407 in RK Puram, 421 in Dwarka, Sector 8 and 430 in Bawana, all in ‘Severe category’, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). pic.twitter.com/AN0yslRPxP

— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2020

“Pollution is increasing day by day, yesterday the situation was really serious, and people are burning garbage and bursting firecrackers,” said another local in Gurugram.