Delhi air remains toxic; SC asks panel to find 'a permanent solution'

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital was 339 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi is breathing polluted air on Friday a day after the Supreme Court asked a state panel to find a permanent solution to a spike in pollution lasting for weeks in the national capital region.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital was 339 --'very poor'-- 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'.

The apex court asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to invite suggestions of the public and experts for a permanent