Delhi has recorded 199 days where the air quality has been below the poor range, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said Sunday.

An overactive monsoon and rains continuing well into October have been the biggest drivers of better AQI this year, with the city receiving above normal rainfall between July and October so far.

“With nearly three months still remaining in 2025, Delhi has already recorded 199 clean air days this year — compared to 110 such days in the whole of 2016 — marking an almost 100% improvement and putting the city on track for its highest-ever tally,” Sirsa said.

Sirsa, however, said that the gains were not just because of the weather. “This is not an outcome of chance or weather — it is the result of continuous, coordinated action… Delhi has shifted from on-

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