Delhi’s air quality likely to worsen due to spike in farm fires: SAFAR

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category on Tuesday morning, but it is likely to worsen in the coming days due to a spike in farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and neighbouring border regions, according to a PTI report.

The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said the city’s air quality index or AQI will remain in the “moderate” category on Wednesday and Thursday and will start deteriorating thereafter.

Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 177 at 10.30 am which falls in the “moderate” category, while on Monday, the 24-hour average AQI was 179.