Air quality slips to 'very poor', officials told to find out local source

DIWALI is still another 10 days away, but the air quality in the national capital is deteriorating already. Multiple monitoring stations indicating 'very poor' air quality. The overall air quality in Delhi stood at 293, worse than the previous 24-hour average of 285, data showed.

- IFRAH MUFTI

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on said that there are 13 hotspots in Delhi where AQI has crossed 300. These are Wazirpur, Mundka, Rohini, Jahangirpuri, Anand Vihar, Dwarka Sector-8, Bawana, Narela, Vivek Vihar, Okhla Phase 2, Punjabi Bagh, Ashok Vihar and RK Puram. The AQI level was highest in Wazirpur. "We have instructed the authorities to find out the local sources behind it."