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No respite to residents as air quality still 'very poor'

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November 18, 2025

DELHIITES awoke to another day of choking pollution on Monday despite slightly stronger winds. The improved dispersion wasn’t enough to lift the city out of the ‘very poor’ bracket, where it has remained trapped for four consecutive days.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @New Delhi

No respite to residents as air quality still 'very poor'

According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s Sameer app, the national capital recorded a 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 351 on Monday, lower than Sunday’s 377 and Saturday’s 386, but still far from healthy. Several of the city’s 39 monitoring stations

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