Delhi air quality 'very poor' as morning rainfall fails to ease pollution

The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 380 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi's air remained toxic on Thursday despite rains lashing parts of the national capital on Wednesday and bringing no relief from the pollution.

The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 380 --'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'.

The IMD has said that rains will continue till January 9 but no cold wave conditions are likely over north India, including Delhi, during next 6-7 days.

Delhi this morning was the world's most polluted