Delhi's air quality is still classified as 'very poor'

Delhi's air quality continues to be classified today as "very poor", i.e. with a quality index (AQI) higher than 300: this was reported by local media, including the PTI news agency, according to which this morning the average AQI index in the Indian capital was 332.

Air pollution led to the AQI level of 300 being exceeded yesterday and the Indian authorities have decided to introduce the "level 2" restrictions of the GRAP in Delhi, the gradual response action plan against smog, which includes, among other things, the spraying of the streets to try to contain the level of dust.

According to the PTI agency, this morning in Delhi data from the Central Pollution Control Board recorded air quality values ​​of "severe" level (above 400) in eight monitoring stations, of "very poor" level (above 300) in 32 monitoring stations, of "poor" level (above 200) in 15 stations and of "moderate" level (above 100) in two stations.