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Delhi air improves to 'satisfactory' category, best AQI in over 2 months

The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 90 --'satisfactory'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Closed shops at Chandni Chowk market during the weekend curfew, imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
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Closed shops at Chandni Chowk market during the weekend curfew, imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team
Delhi's air quality was 'satisfactory' on Sunday: the best in over two months after the city and places around it witnessed heavy rainfall and thunderstorm on Saturday. 

The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 90 at 8 am, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR. Readings below 50 are considered safe, while anything above 300 is considered hazardous or 'severe'.

After heavy rainfall in the capital, Delhi's AQI  on Saturday was 91, in the 'satisfactory' category, according to Central Pollution Control Board's 24-hour AQI bulletin at 4 pm.

This came after Delhi recorded its highest