Delhi Air Crisis: Overall AQI Improves to 'Poor', But Anand Vihar Remains in 'Severe' Zone

This special report focuses on the deteriorating air quality in Delhi NCR, with anchor Anjali Istwal and reporter Amit providing the latest updates. The overall air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has shown slight improvement, moving to the 'poor' category with a reading of 257, though several areas remain in the 'very poor' category. However, Anand Vihar continues to be a major pollution hotspot, recording a 'severe' AQI of 411. A thick blanket of smog has covered the national capital and its adjoining regions, prompting authorities to deploy water sprinklers. These developments follow a period of 'very poor' air quality in the days after Diwali festivities. The Centre's Air Quality Early Warning System forecasts that the AQI will likely fluctuate between 'poor' and 'very poor' over the next six days.