Delhi: IMD predicts light rain in evening, AQI to remain in ‘very poor’ category

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The minimum temperature on Sunday is likely to be 11 degree Celsius, and the maximum temperature could settle at around 25 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature recorded over the past 24 hours was 11.4 degree Celsius, two degrees above the normal for this time of the year.

Foggy conditions are likely to persist over the rest of the week, the IMD forecast indicates. The minimum temperature over the next six days could range between 9 degree Celsius and 11 degree Celsius.

On Saturday, the 24-hour average AQI for Delhi was 362, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

The AQI as a 24-hour average remained in the ‘severe’ category at the Anand Vihar monitoring station on Sunday morning, going by data from the CPCB. Most other monitoring stations recorded AQI in the ‘very poor’ or ‘poor’ categories. At Mandir Marg, the AQI stood at 212, while at RK Puram, it was 315, and Jahangirpuri 366. At Chandni Chowk,too,  the AQI stood in the ‘very poor’ category – 322. The monitoring stations at Wazirpur, Rohini, Bawana, Punjabi Bagh, Mundka, and Vivek Vihar also recorded average AQI in the ‘very poor’ category on Sunday morning.