Don't smile! Just cough because you are in Delhi. Air pollution havoc in Delhi

Delhi's air quality verged on the 'severe' category on Sunday and the AQI was recorded at 382 û, the worst recorded in the country that day. Fifteen monitoring stations in the city recorded air quality levels in the 'severe' category, with AQI readings exceeding 400, the data showed. With this, the temperature on Sunday night was the lowest ever recorded in the city, as there was dense fog and mist during the morning and evening. According to the Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature on Sunday was recorded at 16.5 degrees Celsius, which is normal. 1.2 degrees more than. The national capital's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI), recorded at 4 pm every day, was 382, ​​worse than the previous day, when the air quality on Saturday was recorded at 316. The places where air pollution levels reached 'severe' zone are Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Bawana, Dwarka, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, NSIT Dwarka, Najafgarh, Nehru Nagar, Okhla Phase 2, Patparganj, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Wazirpur and Vivek Vihar. Despite a temporary respite from the winds, Delhi witnessed a rise in pollution levels after Diwali, with a significant spike recorded on Sunday. Elsewhere in the country, AQI levels at many places were recorded in the 'very poor' category, though it was still better than the national capital. AQI was 335 in Bahadurpura in Telangana, 302 in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, 313 in Noida and 321 in Sonipat in Haryana. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', between 51 and 100 'satisfactory', between 101 and 200 'moderate', between 201 and 300 'poor', between 301 and 400 'very poor', 401 And between 450 is considered 'severe' and above 450 is considered extremely severe.