New Delhi, Oct 29: Delhi’s air quality improved slightly on Wednesday morning but remained in the “poor” category with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 273, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

On Tuesday, the city recorded an AQI of 294 at 4 pm, a marginal drop from Monday’s reading of 301, which fell under the “very poor” category.

Despite the overall improvement, 11 out of Delhi’s 38 monitoring stations continued to record AQI in “very poor” range with reading above 300, data from the CPCB’s Sameer app showed.

A day before, Delhi conducted cloud seeding trials to induce artificial rain in the national capital amid surging pollution levels, even as the weather department did not record any traces of rainfall in the city.

The Delhi government, in collaboration

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