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Delhi air quality still in 'very poor' category without any improvement

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 369 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Delhi's air remained toxic on Wednesday even as rains are expected in the next couple of days will likely improve months-long pollution.

The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 369 --'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'.

SAFAR on Monday had said, "High winds and intermittent rains are likely during January 5 to January 8 that are expected to improve AQI significantly to 'lower end of very poor' through strong dispersion and wet deposition.

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