Delhi chokes as AQI breaches 400 in several areas, city enters red zone

Delhi continued to choke under a thick blanket of smog on Saturday as pollution levels surged past the 400 mark in several parts of the city, placing the national capital among the most polluted in the country.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 361, categorised as ‘very poor’ and marking the city’s slide deeper into the red zone. This made Delhi the second most polluted city in India on Saturday.

Several monitoring stations recorded ‘severe’ air quality levels. Alipur registered an AQI of 404, ITO 402, Nehru NagarNehru NagarNehru Nagar 406, Vivek Vihar 411, Wazirpur 420, and Burari 418, according to the CPCB’s Sameer app data from 38 stations across the capital.