With the slight improvement in pollution level, the air quality in the national capital was recorded in the 'very poor' category on Monday morning with an AQI of 309, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research SAFAR.

However, the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to witness bad air as Noida, which is part of the national capital region, recorded an AQI of 344 in the 'very poor' category. Gurugram's AQI stood at 290 in the 'poor category' at 8 am in this morning.