Delhi air still in 'severe' category despite rains lashing parts of capital

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was at 433 --'severe'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi air remained severely polluted on Monday morning, even after rain lashed parts of the national capital on Sunday evening.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was at 433 --'severe'-- 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 Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light spells of rain in the national capital from December 26 to 29, which is expected to further lower the temperature in Delhi with hopes of it bringing down the