Delhi air quality improves from 'severe', but AQI still 'very poor'

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was at 347 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi air was toxic on Tuesday morning as it improved from the severe category. 

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was at 347 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR. Readings below 50 are considered safe, while anything above 300 is considered hazardous or 'severe'.

This came after Delhi's AQI levels were in the 'severe' category for a few days as all activities, including construction, demolition, resumed in the national capital. 

Delhi's air quality in November was the worst in seven years, data showed. The air became