"We have lit a bonfire to stop the shivering. We are helpless people. All we have is just this bonfire. We do not have any other support," says an old man at Delhi's Turkman Gate.
According to IMD, the lowest visibility was reported on Tuesday till 5:30 am from areas Bathinda (00m), Amritsar, Ganganagar, Patiala, Delhi (Palam) and Lucknow (25m), Delhi and Purnea (50m), Ambala and Agra (200m), Gorakhpur (300m), Bareilly, Patna, Gaya and Kolkata (500m).
The air quality in the Delhi University area was recorded as 'very poor', with PM 2.5 at 333, whereas the AQI in Noida measured at 348. At Pusa, the AQI measured at 315.
Air Quality in the national capital again reached the 'very poor' category on Saturday morning with an index of '310' recorded on the Air Quality meter after relative respite to Delhiites for a few days.
According to Safar, the AQI of Maharashtra's Capital measured at 245 at on Monday morning. The Mazegaon area of Mumbai measured 'very poor' at AQI 301, whereas the AQI of Chembur measured at 321 (Poor).
Despite several regions in the financial capital of India experiencing 'very poor' air, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) has recorded the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Mumbai in 'poor' category on Sunday.
The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category and was recorded at 337 at around 8:30 am on Saturday as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor category' and was recorded at 303 at around 11 am as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).