The air quality across the national capital continues to be in the ‘very poor’ category, the latest date from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed on Tuesday. The latest AQI level in Anand Vihar stands at 374, in Jahangirpuri at 399, in Lodhi Road at 315 and in New Moti Bagh at 370.

In the meantime, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inspected the strict measures taken by BMC in the wake of increasing pollution in Mumbai.

On Monday, the air quality in the national capital was in ‘very poor’with an AQI of 310. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India), the air quality index in Delhi was recorded at 310 at 8:30 am on Monday, categorising it as ‘very poor.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data recorded at 7:00 am on Monday, the air quality index at Anand Vihar was recorded at 361; it was 368 at Alipur; Ashok Vihar at 342; ITO, Delhi at 318; and at RK Puram, it was recorded at 344, all falling into the ‘very poor’ category.

A day after restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) – 4 were lifted in Delhi following improvement in the air quality, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday urged people to be careful and continue to follow the rules as stages 1, 2, and 3 of GRAP are still in place to tackle air pollution in the national capital.