Worrying! Delhi NCR records 'severe' AQI at 414, only 11 out of 40 stations report 'very poor' air

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The air quality in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday, December 23, was recorded in the “severe” category, with the AQI recorded at 414 in the capital.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s Sameer mobile application data, as of 7:05 am, only 11 out of 40 pollution monitoring stations in the national capital recorded air quality in the “very poor” category, which ranges between 301 to 400.

The lowest levels of AQI, still in the “very poor” category, were recorded in Shadipur (309), Ihbas-Dilshad Garden (336), Aya Nagar (367), Lodhi Road-IITM (368), Lodhi Road-IMD (374), and IGI Airport-T3 (379).

The highest levels of AQI were recorded at Nehru Nagar (453), Okhla Phase 2 (452), Mundka (451), Jahangirpuri (447), Vivek Vihar (446), Ashok Vihar and Sirifort (444), RK Puran (443), while three stations – Dwarka Sector 8, Punjabi Bagh and Wazirpur – recorded AQI 440.
Table showing AQI levels in 40 monitoring stations of Delhi:

Sl.No.	station	AQI
1	Alipur, Delhi – DPCC	408
2	Anand Vihar, Delhi – DPCC	466
3	Ashok Vihar, Delhi – DPCC	444
4	Bawana, Delhi – DPCC	427
5	Chandni Chowk, Delhi – IITM	425
6	Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, Delhi – DPCC	410
7	DTU, Delhi – CPCB	420
8	Dwarka Sector 8, Delhi – DPCC	440
9	IT, Delhi – CPCB	436
10	Jahangirpuri, Delhi – DPCC	447
11	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi – DPCC	417
12	Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi – IMD	408
13	Mundka, Delhi – DPCC	451
14	Narela, Delhi – DPCC	411
15	Nehru Nagar, Delhi – DPCC	453
16	North Campus, DU, Delhi – IMD	410
17	NSIT Dwarka, Delhi – CPCB	423
18	Okhla Phase-2, Delhi-DPCC	452
19	Patparganj, Delhi – DPCC	436
20	Punjabi Bagh, Delhi – DPCC	440
21	Pusa, Delhi – DPCC	414
22	Pusa, Delhi – IMD	409
23	RK Puram, Delhi – DPCC	443
24	Rohini, Delhi – DPCC	434
25	Sirifort, Delhi – CPCB	444
26	Sonia Vihar, Delhi – DPCC	413
27	Sri Aurobindo Marg, Delhi – DPCC	404
28	Vivek Vihar, Delhi – DPCC	446
29	Wazirpur, Delhi – DPCC	440
30	Aya Nagar, Delhi – IMD	367
31	Burari Crossing, Delhi – IMD	390
32	CRRI Mathura Road, Delhi – IMD	391
33	IGI Airport (T3), Delhi – IMD	379
34	Ihbas, Dilshad Garden, Delhi – CPCB	336
35	IIT Delhi, Delhi – IITM	387
36	Lodhi Road, Delhi – IITM	368
37	Lodhi Road, Delhi – IMD	374
38	Mandir Marg, Delhi – DPCC	390
39	Najafgarh, Delhi – DPCC	385
40	Shadipur, Delhi – CPCB	309

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In the surrounding National Capital Region, Ghaziabad recorded an overall AQI of 415, with its three monitoring stations Indirapuram (407), Loni (414), and Vasundhara (456) recording severe AQI levels.

Greater Noida recorded an overall AQI of 373, its Knowledge Park-V station recorded an AQI of 407, and Knowledge Park-III recorded a level of 339.

Noida’s overall AQI also fell into the severe category at 426. Three of the four stations – Sector 125 (420), Sector 1 (460), and Sector 116 (426) – reported severe AQI, while only one in Sector 62 recorded an AQI at 396.

Gurugram’s overall AQI level also remained in the “very poor” category at 358. Only one of its pollution monitoring stations located in Sector 51 recorded the AQI in the severe category at 409.