NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality improved to 'poor' on Saturday due to surface winds dispersing pollutants. The Sameer app, which provides hourly updates of the national Air Quality Index (AQI) published by the Central Pollution Control Board, reported the city's AQI at 290, down from 362 on Friday.
The AQI categories are as follows: 0-50 is 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', 401-450 'severe', and above 450 'severe plus.'
On Saturday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 17.1 degrees Celsius, which is two notches above normal. At 8:30 am, the humidity was at 88 percent.
The weather office forecasted mainly clear skies throughout the day, with a maximum temperature of around 33 degrees Celsius.
Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Friday expressed gratitude to Delhiites for "largely refraining from bursting firecrackers" on Diwali, which helped prevent the city's air quality index (AQI) from slipping into the 'severe' category.
"Thanks to the responsible actions of many residents who avoided using firecrackers, we managed to avoid a severe AQI reading," Rai said.
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