Delhi Weather: AQI improves slightly; min temp 16.9 deg C

Delhi Weather: Delhi’s air quality showed a slight improvement on Saturday morning, with the AQI in ‘poor’ category at 261, marking a drop from the 290 recorded a day before, CPCB data showed.

However, Anand Vihar was in the ‘severe’ category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 415, the highest among all the monitoring stations in the capital, according to the Sameer app developed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Seven stations recorded ‘very poor’ AQI, while the rest remained in the ‘poor’ category.

According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

The minimum temperature settled at 16.9 degrees Celsius in the capital, 0.3 notch below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The humidity level stood at 57 per cent at 8.30 am.

The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 32 degrees Celsius, with the weather department forecasting mist in morning hours and mainly clear sky later in the day.

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From Sarojini Nagar to Yamuna Ghats: Chhath’s journey in Delhi

It was the year 1956. Sarojini Nagar in South Delhi was just beginning to take shape as a new settlement. It was home to central government employees, with a few flats still vacant. Shrikant Dubey, a railway employee, lived with his family in Flat C-155. He was a highly sociable person.

One evening, some of his neighbours from eastern India gathered outside his flat, engaging in casual conversations about various topics. At that time, Jharkhand was still years away from being formed. Someone suggested that they should celebrate Chhath right there in Sarojini Nagar. The idea was well received, and it was decided that the festival would be celebrated in the locality. With about one and a half months left for Chhath, preparations began.