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Air quality improves in Delhi

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Air quality in the national capital Delhi settled in the moderate category on Friday, with an AQI reading of 184.

According to the Central Pollution Control Boards’s (CPCB) Sameer app, 16 stations recorded ‘poor’ air quality, while 22 stations were in the ‘moderate’ category.

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.

On the weather front, a layer of mist enveloped the national capital Delhi this morning as the minimum temperature dropped to 9.8 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 26 degrees Celsius.

Station-wise data showed that Palam saw the minimum settle at 10.6 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal.

At Lodhi Road, the minimum temperature stood at 11 degrees Celsius.

Ridge station reported a minimum of 11.6 degrees Celsius, which was 0.6 degrees below normal, while Ayanagar recorded a minimum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius

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