Delhi’s air high quality plummets on Deepavali afternoon

Delhi’s air high quality nosedived on Monday (October 20, 2025), the Deepavali afternoon, as air pollution ranges at 31 out of 38 monitoring stations redlined at ‘very poor’, and ‘extreme’ at three stations.

According to the SAMEER app by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi recorded an general AQI of 334 at midday, in comparison with 339 at 9 a.m.

Thirty-one monitoring stations reported air high quality within the ‘very poor’ class with AQI ranges above 300, whereas three stations – Anand Vihar (402), Wazirpur (423), and Ashok Vihar (414) – logged air pollution to be within the ‘extreme’ class.

The air high quality is anticipated to deteriorate additional into the ‘extreme’ class extra broadly on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) and Wednesday (October 22, 2025).

An AQI between 0 and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘passable’, 101 to 200 ‘reasonable’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘extreme.’

Earlier, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) throughout Delhi-NCR.

The transfer got here after the assessment of the sub-committee on GRAP on Saturday (October 18, 2025) and forecasts by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).

On October 15, the Supreme Court allowed the sale and bursting of inexperienced firecrackers in Delhi-NCR between 6 a.m. and seven p.m. and once more from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the day of Deepavali and a day earlier than.

Meanwhile, the town recorded a minimal temperature of 20.2 levels Celsius at 8.30 a.m.

The IMD has predicted fog mist within the morning and primarily clear sky later within the day.

The most temperature is anticipated to be 33 levels Celsius.