New Delhi: There was little respite from hazardous air in Delhi on Sunday, with the national capital recording its tenth consecutive day of ‘very poor’ air quality. The city logged an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 380, slightly worse than Saturday's levels, while several locations slipped into the ‘severe’ category.

Early morning readings highlighted the situation with Jahangirpuri registered an AQI of 438, Bawana 431, Anand Vihar 427, and Ashok Vihar 421, all classified as severe. In the NCR region, Noida hovered near the severe threshold with an AQI of 396, while Greater Noida recorded 380 (very poor) and Ghaziabad remained severely polluted at 426.

Gurugram (286) and Faridabad (228) posted relatively better figures, falling in the poor category.

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