Delhis air air pollution 15 instances WHO restrict; components of metropolis reel below extreme air pollution

After folks burst firecrackers throughout Delhi on Deepavali evening, brazenly flouting an current ban permitting solely inexperienced firecrackers from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., general air air pollution in Delhi on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning was about 15 instances the restrict prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in response to official information.

People burst firecrackers on Monday (October 20, 2025) evening earlier than and after the 8p.m. to 10 p.m. window throughout town and firecrackers apart from inexperienced firecrackers have been out there within the metropolis earlier than Deepavali.

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The general degree of PM2.5 (a chief pollutant) in Delhi was 228 micrograms per cubic meter at 6 a.m. on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) information, which is 15.1 instances the WHO’s permissible restrict of 15 micrograms per cubic meter for a 24-hour interval.

Delhi was the “most polluted” main metropolis on the planet on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning, in response to IQAir’s (a Swiss air high quality expertise firm) stay information for over 120 cities. Delhi’s AQI of 429 was the worst within the record, adopted by Lahore (260) and Karachi (182).

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The general air high quality of Delhi was within the “very poor” class on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning with 4 of the 36 monitoring stations recording “extreme” air air pollution.

Severe degree air air pollution “impacts wholesome folks” and “significantly impacts” these with current ailments, in response to CPCB.

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Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI) was 356 at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), as per the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) information. Bawan, Burari, Jahangirpuri, and Wazirpur reeled below “extreme” air air pollution.

An AQI between 51 and 100 is “passable”, 101 and 200 is termed as “average”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “extreme”, as per the CPCB.

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Several different cities and cities in north India additionally witnessed “very poor” air high quality, as per CPCB’s information.

Every winter, air air pollution spikes in Delhi-NCR and most components of the bigger Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) primarily attributable to meteorological elements such decrease wind velocity and drop in temperature, and air pollution from stubble burning throughout October-November and bursting of firecrackers worsens it.