AQI Stays Poor for Second Straight Day, Dust From Across Border to Blame

AQI stays poor for second straight day, dust from across border to blame

Delhi AQI stayed poor for a second day (246), driven by transboundary dust from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan; CAQM held off GRAP Stage I.

West Asia dust storm wipes out Delhi’s monsoon air gains, AQI nears ‘very poor’

At 9 am on Monday, the city’s AQI touched 294. This comes less than a week after Delhi recorded its first ‘Good’ air day of the year.

Delhi AQI hits 293 as dust spell persists, gusty winds forecast

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality worsened further on Monday morning, with the Central Pollution Control Board’s live city-level AQI reaching 293 at 10 am, close to the “very poor” threshold of 301. The city-level reading remained in the “poor” category, but the CPCB dashboard showed several monitoring stations recording AQI levels above 300, indicating “very poor” air quality in parts of the capital. Sunday’s completed 24-hour average AQI was 261,…