The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'poor' category on Tuesday, with a thin layer of smog covering parts of the city and limiting visibility.
As the winter spell sets in for the season, the air quality in the national capital remains in the 'poor' catgory, with thin layer of smog covering parts of the metropolitan city and and limiting visibility.
Delhi's average Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped down to the 'poor' category on Saturday. It was measured as 219 by the Central pollution Control Board at 8 a.m.
According to the Swiss air quality monitor, Lahore topped the global pollution chart with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 266 at 9:14 am, while Karachi followed closely in third place with an AQI of 216.
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded in Delhi was 183, categorised as 'moderate' as of 7 am on Friday, according to the data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The Delhi Government Directorate of Education issued an order on Thursday announcing the resumption of normal physical classes in schools across the Delhi NCR region after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed to revoke GRAP-IV and GRAP-III in the region.
Hours after the Supreme Court's permission to allow relaxation of GRAP Stage IV restrictions in Delhi-NCR to GRAP Stage II, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked Stage IV and Stage III of GRAP in the Delhi NCR region.