No relief from toxic air despite curbs in force

DELHI residents woke up to another day of toxic air quality on Wednesday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) hovering above 440 in the "severe" category, even as Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) IV restrictions remained in effect across the capital and NCR.

- IFRAH MUFTI

The AQI stood at 442 at around 7am, with some monitoring stations reporting even worse conditions in the "severe-plus" category.

Of the 37 monitoring stations listed on the Sameer app, which provides hourly updates on the National Air Quality Index, 21 stations recorded AQI levels in the severe-plus category on Tuesday morning. Some of the worst affected areas included Nehru Nagar (480), Alipur (471), Anand Vihar (481), CRRI Mathura Road (468), Jahangirpuri (468), and Rohini (466).