Delhi air pollution at “Hazardous” level with AQI 718

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After witnessing a reasonably better quality of air during Diwali celebration, National capital Delhi woke up to a hazy Saturday with “hazardous”  Air Quality Index of 718 at several places including Anand Vihar in east Delhi.

Air quality of Delhi on Saturday morning neared the ‘severe’ zone amid adverse meteorological conditions – low temperatures and calm winds – and an increase in incidents of stubble burning in Punjab.

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi stood at 396 at 10am, worsening from 357 at 4pm on Friday. It was 354 on Thursday, 271 on Wednesday, 302 on Tuesday and 312 on Monday (Diwali).

Anand Vihar, Delhi, Delhi, India AQIAnand Vihar, Delhi, Delhi, India Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI).
718
Hazardous
Updated Sat 12:00
Temp.: 30.15°C
Current Past 48 hours data Min Max
PM2.5 AQI
307 179 392
PM10 AQI
718 206 892
O3 AQI
7 3 94
NO2 AQI
88 35 108
SO2 AQI
10 5 16
CO AQI
4 1 36
Temp.
30 21 31
Pressure
972 972 975
Humidity
47 42 94
Wind
1 0 1

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.