Delhi s air quality remains in poor category , mercury dips
Delhi s air quality remains in poor category , mercury dips
Delhi s air quality remained poor at 249 on Monday morning. The temperature has dipped after the rain subsided.
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With the air quality index (AQI) at 249 Delhi s air remained in the poor category on Monday morning, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
The temperature also dipped in the national capital marking a return of the cold conditions. The weather department has predicted a further drop in the temperatures soon.
Delhi s Lodhi Road, Pusa Road, Delhi University, Airport Road, Mathura Road and Delhi IIT recorded the air quality in the poor category.
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Mumbai witnesses worse air quality than Delhi
Mumbai on Friday once again recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 317 which was worse than that of Delhi, an official of the India Meteorological Department said. On Thursday too, the city s AQI was worse than that of the national capital.
The quality of air was worst in Colaba in south Mumbai on Friday as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India).
With AQI of 352, the air quality in the area fell in the very poor category.
Bandra Kurla Complex, a business district, recorded AQI of 346, Malad 338 and Andheri 333.