A man walks on a footbridge across an open drainage channel, as the sky is enveloped in smog caused by air pollution, in New Delhi on December 3, 2024.
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Delhi’s air quality improved significantly on Wednesday (December 4, 2024), with the Air Quality Index nearing the ‘moderate’ category at 211.
Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 268 in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday (December 3, 2024).
At 8 a.m. on Wednesday (Dec. 4), the Air Quality Index was recorded at 211, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
An Air Quality Index between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘severe’.
Delhi’s air quality has seen consistent improvement this week. The Air Quality Index was 273 on Monday (December 2, 2024) and 285 on Sunday (December 1, 2024).
On Wednesday (December 4, 2024), 15 of the 39 monitoring stations in the city recorded ‘moderate’ air quality and the remaining recorded ‘poor’ air quality.
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 12 degrees Celsius, 2.5 notches above the season’s average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The humidity level was 68% at 8.30 a.m.
The weather department has forecast shallow fog during the day. “The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 27 degrees Celsius,” it said.
Published – December 04, 2024 12:42 pm IST
