NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality slipped into the 'severe' category on Sunday due to unfavourable meteorological conditions slowing down dispersion of pollutants, authorities said.

The CPCB said 22 areas recorded ‘severe’, while 13 witnessed ‘very poor’ air

Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will begin the ambient air quality monitoring project to closely watch air pollution levels in the city.

CHANDIGARH: The city continues to record poor air quality index (AQI) in the winter, indicating that the pollution level is not improving.

Despite no stubble-burning in Punjab for the past almost a month, the state’s air quality index (AQI) is a “moderate” 166, with Mandi Gobindgarh and Patiala in the poor-quality bracket.

Delhi's air quality has improved marginally to 'very poor' with an air quality index of 399. For the last four days, air pollution in Delhi was at 'severe' level.

The dense fog condition in Palam area of the national has led to poor visibility on the runway, forcing officials to halt the operations.

Urging the public to join hands with the government in reducing the formation of toxic air, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal said "If the need arises, we will soon implement the odd-even scheme in the

LUCKNOW: The air pollution levels dropped by 23 units in Lucknow but the air quality continued to be 'very poor' on Monday.

KOLKATA: The city is experiencing its foulest spell of pollution in recent years with the air quality index considerably worse than previous years.