Delhi logged the lowest average air quality index (AQI) reading for the period between January-November since 2018, with the exception of lockdown year 2020, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said Sunday.
According to the CAQM, only three days between January and November saw the daily average AQI exceed the ‘severe’ category.
The average AQI reading for the period between January-November this year was 187, in comparison to 201 in 2024, 190 in 2023, 199 in 2022, 197 in 2021, 172 in 2020, 203 in 2019 and 213 in 2018, the CAQM said in a statement, according to a PTI news agency report.
The PM2.5 concentration for the period up to November 27 was also lowest since 2018, and at par with 2020.
This year, the average stood at 85 micrograms per cubic metre, as against 98 in 2024, 90 in 2023 and 2022, 95 in 2021, 85 in 2020, 99 in 2019 and 103 in 2018, PTI reported.