Delhi AQI Still ‘Very Poor’, Mumbai Better At 140, Shroud Of Smog Envelops Both Cities

The national capital was enveloped in a thick layer of smog early Monday morning.

As the air quality in the city remained in the ‘Very Poor’ category but the AQI plunged further to 347, according to the Central Pollution Control Board data at 7 am.

The AQI in Delhi on Sunday at 4 pm was recorded at 334 while the air quality index score in Mumbai was 141.

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, was covered with smog as the air quality hovered in the ‘Moderate’ category with an AQI score of 140 today.

• Area-wise AQI in Delhi:
• Anand Vihar: 378
• Ashok Vihar: 379
• Bawana: 400
• Burari Crossing:352
• Chandni Chowk: 276
• DTU: 311
• Dwarka-Sector 8: 356
• IGI Airport (T3): 336
• Dilshad Garden: 255
• ITO: 338
• Jahangirpuri:409
• Mundka: 379
• Dwarka: 379
• Najafgarh: 356
• Narela: 352
• Nehru Nagar: 368
• North Campus, DU: 363
• Okhla Phase-2: 339
• Patparganj: 366
• Punjabi Bagh: 385
• Pusa: 323
• RK Puram: 368
• Rohini: 384
• Shadipur:383
• Sri Aurobindo Marg: 199
• Vivek Vihar: 372
• Wazirpur: 391
• Area-wise AQI in Mumbai:
• Borivali East: 150
• Byculla: 206
• Chembur: 152
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. Airport (T2): 123
• Colaba: 111
• Deonar: 237
• Kandivali East: 114
• Kherwadi_Bandra East: 122
• Kurla: 112
• Malad West: 186
• Mazgaon: 137
• Malad West: 40
• Mulund West: 120
• Powai: 105
• Sion: 111
• Vasai West: 152
• Vile Parle West: 118
• Worli: 128

An AQI is considered “Poor” between ‘200 and 300’, “Very Poor” at ‘301 and 400’, “Severe” at ‘401-450,” and 450 and above is “Severe Plus.”