Days after the national Capital was reported to have seen the cleanest air following an unusual spell of rain in October, the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday slipped into the poor category, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Sunday asked agencies to strictly implement measures under Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as the air quality in Delhi and neighbouring areas slipped to the poor levels. Delhi's 24-hour air quality index (AQI) stood at 232 at 4 pm, worsening from 186 at 4 pm on Saturday. It was 286 in Ghaziabad, 229 in Faridabad, 258 in Greater Noida, 231 in Gurugram and 258 in Noida.
The AQI of Anand Vihar on Sunday turned ‘severe’ as it was recorded at 426, while the AQI of Shadipur dipped to 303, which falls under the ‘very poor category.
The capital city has 34 Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) stations for real-time monitoring of air quality.
Most of the stations in the city recorded the AQI in the ‘poor’ category including, Alipur-245, Anand Vihar -427, Bawana - 263, CRRI Mathura Road - 232, Dwarka-Sector 8 - 247, ITO - 262, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - 216, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium - 231, Mundka - 269, NSIT Dwarka - 257, Narela - 234, Nehru Nagar - 227, North Campus (Delhi University) - 286, Patparganj -252, Punjabi Bagh - 263, R K Puram - 278, Rohini - 267, Sirifort - 209, Sonia Vihar - 255, Vivek Vihar - 251, and Wazirpur - 265.