New Delhi, Oct 29 – Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday morning, registering an AQI of 272, a slight improvement from the previous day’s AQI of 304, as per Central Pollution Control Board data.

Out of 40 monitoring stations, data from 37 was reported, with 10 stations – including Anand Vihar, Alipur, Aya Nagar, Bawana, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, Narela, Wazirpur, Vivek Vihar, and Sonia Vihar – recording air quality in the “very poor” category, while the rest were classified as “poor.”

A layer of smog continues to cover the city during the early morning and evening hours, limiting visibility. The weather department noted a calm wind speed at 8:30 am, and a minimum temperature of 20.3 degrees Celsius, four degrees above the seasonal average. Relative humidity stood at 85 percent.

The forecast indicates clear skies for the day, with the maximum temperature expected to reach around 33 degrees Celsius. The AQI scale categorizes air quality as follows: 0-50 ‘good,’ 51-100 ‘satisfactory,’ 101-200 ‘moderate,’ 201-300 ‘poor,’ 301-400 ‘very poor,’ and 401-500 ‘severe.’