Mumbai’s AQI improves, drizzle likely on Sunday

MUMBAI: After two days, the city’s air quality index (AQI) improved from the very poor category to poor category on Saturday. The city recorded an overall AQI of 283 as opposed to 319 on Friday, according to the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).


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An AQI of 201 to 300 is considered poor and people with heart or lung diseases and the elderly must reduce heavy or longer exertion and outdoor activity.

“There was rain in the periphery of Mumbai. This resulted in the windspeed picking up. This dispersed the pollutants. Similar conditions are expected to continue over the next few days,” said an official from SAFAR.

Meanwhile, minimum temperatures were higher than normal. Santacruz and Colaba recorded a maximum temperature of 32.3 and 30 degrees Celsius, both 1.1 and 0.5 degree Celsius below normal. IMD has forecast cloudy skies with light drizzle for Sunday.