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Air quality in city poor

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Delhi’s air quality settled in the ‘poor’ category on Friday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 203.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app, 19 stations were in the ‘poor’ category.

According to the CPCB classification, 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, the minimum temperature settled at 12.8 degrees Celsius.

Station-wise data showed that Palam saw the minimum settle at 13.4 degrees Celsius, 2.1 degrees below normal.

At Lodhi Road, the minimum temperature stood at 13.2 degrees Celsius, 2.2 notches below normal.

Ridge station reported a minimum of 13.3 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar recorded a minimum temperature of 13.6 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 28 degrees Celsius.

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