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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Air quality remains `very poor` as Delhi wakes up to a hazy morning

IN PHOTOS: Air quality remains `very poor` as Delhi wakes up to a hazy morning

Updated On: 28 October, 2025 02:48 PM IST | Tarun Verma

Delhi woke up to a hazy morning on Tuesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) touching 305, placing it in the `very poor` category. As per CPCB data, 27 of 38 monitoring stations recorded poor air quality, while Siri Fort reported the highest AQI at 351. (Pics/PTI)  

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Delhi woke up to a hazy morning on Tuesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) touching 305, placing it in the `very poor` category. As per CPCB data, 27 of 38 monitoring stations recorded poor air quality, while Siri Fort reported the highest AQI at 351. (Pics/PTI)  

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Delhi woke up to a hazy morning on Tuesday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) touching 305, placing it in the `very poor` category. As per CPCB data, 27 of 38 monitoring stations recorded poor air quality, while Siri Fort reported the highest AQI at 351. (Pics/PTI)  
<p>Delhi`s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 301 at 4 pm, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.</p>

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Delhi`s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 301 at 4 pm, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.

<p>According to the Sameer app developed by the CPCB, 27 of the 38 monitoring stations in the city reported `very poor` air quality, with readings exceeding 300.</p>

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According to the Sameer app developed by the CPCB, 27 of the 38 monitoring stations in the city reported `very poor` air quality, with readings exceeding 300.

<p>Siri Fort recorded the highest AQI at 351, followed by Wazirpur at 342. According to the CPCB, an AQI from 0 to 50 is considered `good`, 51-100 `satisfactory`, 101-200 `moderate`, 201-300 `poor`, 301-400 `very poor`, and 401-500 `severe`.</p>

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Siri Fort recorded the highest AQI at 351, followed by Wazirpur at 342. According to the CPCB, an AQI from 0 to 50 is considered `good`, 51-100 `satisfactory`, 101-200 `moderate`, 201-300 `poor`, 301-400 `very poor`, and 401-500 `severe`.

<p>According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature was recorded at 20 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, 3.9 notches above normal.</p>

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According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature was recorded at 20 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, 3.9 notches above normal.

<p>On the occasion of Chhath Puja, Delhi experienced bad air quality with smog all across the skies.</p>

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On the occasion of Chhath Puja, Delhi experienced bad air quality with smog all across the skies.

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