Delhi witnessed the season’s lowest minimum temperature, reaching 6.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department. Simultaneously, the air quality in the national capital continued to be categorized as ‘poor’ on Monday morning. Anand Vihar’s air quality entered the ‘very poor’ category, with PM2.5 at 347 and PM10 at 284.
Bawana recorded PM2.5 at 366 and PM10 at 257, both in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ categories, respectively. The AQI monitoring station at Dwarka Sector 8 marked PM2.5 at 362 and PM10 at 308, both classified as ‘very poor.’ Delhi’s air quality is expected to remain a concern with winter setting in.