The air quality in Delhi remained in the “very poor” category on Saturday afternoon despite restrictions in place to curb pollution.

At 12.05 pm, the Air Quality Index in 17 of the 39 monitoring stations in the national capital recorded readings above 400, categorised as “severe”, the Sameer application, which provides hourly updates published by the Central Pollution Control Board, showed.

The average AQI for the national capital stood at 390, placing it in the higher end of the “very poor” category, the data showed. The overall air quality was recorded to be above 400 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

On Friday, the overall AQI in Delhi stood at 387.

An index value between 0 and 50 indicates “good” air quality, between 51 and 100 indicates “satisfactory” air quality and between

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