Delhi's air improves, but still far from safe; Mumbai's remains 'poor'

Delhi's air quality has improved marginally to 'very poor' with an air quality index of 399. For the last four days, air pollution in Delhi was at 'severe' level.

After four days of 'severe' pollution, Delhi woke up to marginally better air quality on Wednesday.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday upgraded Delhi's air quality to 'very poor' from 'severe' with an index value (AQI) of 399. SAFAR — a body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences — showed a slightly better AQI at 385.

The improvement in air quality comes after authorities imposed a three-day ban on industrial and construction activities across Delhi-NCR on Monday.

SAFAR showed Mumbai's air quality at 'poor' with an AQI of 225.

Delhi Chief Minister