Delhi air quality moves to moderate category as AQI rises to 117
The city's Air Quality Index increased from 60 on Friday to 117 on Saturday, according to the Hindustan Times.
Delhi's air quality declined to the moderate category on Saturday, according to the Hindustan Times. The Air Quality Index reached 117, an increase from the 60 recorded on Friday.
The Friday reading of 60 was the cleanest October air in four years. The last time the city saw a lower index in October was on October 10, 2022, when it was 44.
Out of 58 monitoring stations, 24 recorded satisfactory air, 32 were moderate, and two were poor. Jahangirpuri had the highest AQI at 243, while Punjabi Bagh recorded 212.
The Air Quality Early Warning System suggests air quality may stay moderate on Sunday before potentially moving into the moderate to poor range. For the next six days, levels are expected to stay between the poor and very poor categories.
Data from the Decision Support System shows stubble burning contributed 19.1 per cent to pollution levels. The transport sector accounted for 16.3 per cent, while residential sources contributed 4.1 per cent.
Other contributors included peripheral industries at 2.9 per cent and construction at 2.1 per cent. Among NCR districts, Gurugram contributed 6.5 per cent and Jhajjar contributed 5 per cent to the pollution.