Meanwhile, air quality in Lucknow (159) and Patna (184) showed slight improvement
Delhi's AQI is expected to remain 'very poor' till Friday. The air quality is likely to be in Very Poor to Severe category for the subsequent six day.
The most polluted place in Delhi was reported as Anand Vihar with an AQI of 434, followed by Vivek Vihar with AQI of 424 both in the 'severe' category.
On Diwali, the city’s 24-hour AQI, recorded at 4 PM, stood at 339, while on the day after the festival, it was 362.
Patna, which had been recording 'satisfactory' air quality for the last few days, slipped drastically to the 'poor' category with AQI at 218 Tuesday morning.
The outlook for subsequent six days is that Delhi's air quality is likely to be in 'very poor' to 'severe' category.
The air quality is likely to slip further Sunday evening with the AQI forecast to be at 378 at 4 pm, as per the Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) for Delhi.
For Mumbai, the overall AQI was at 112 on Saturday morning. Kolkata’s AQI stood at 161, Bengaluru at 113, Lucknow at 80 and Patna at 49.
Cyclone Dana is most likely to track northwest-wards and move across Odisha through the day on Friday and further weaken into a deep depression towards evening, the Met officials said.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI at 9 am stood at a worrying 307. Anand Vihar, a pollution hotspot in Delhi, recorded the highest AQI of 361, dipping in the 'very poor' category.
Delhi’s air quality usually sees a dip starting October, as the monsoon winds recede and are replaced primarily by northwesterlies.
Currently, the AQI stands at 267, with many areas already facing concerning pollution levels. Some of the city’s most polluted areas include Anand Vihar, Mundka and Loni.
South Interior Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, coastal Karnataka and Jharkhand are also likely to receive isolated heavy rainfall today.
While light to moderate rainfall is very likely to continue over parts of Northwest India, isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over eastern and northeastern parts of the country.
The temperatures are also likely to be above-normal in most parts of the country during the month of August.
An 'orange alert' has been issued for heavy rainfall in Bihar on Thursday, July 11, with a 'red alert' for very heavy rainfall predicted for Friday.
IMD has predicted isolated moderate to heavy rains in parts of Delhi. Mumbai and Pune remained on high alert.
Monsoon Weather Highlights: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attributed the ongoing flood situation in the state to uncontrollable geographical factors. Meanwhile, rain in parts of Delhi on Wednesday brought relief from the recent intense humidity, as cloud cover enveloped the city.
Delhi to experience thunder, rainfall from June 27 to 30.
The monsoon's advance is expected to provide some respite from the intense heatwave conditions, particularly in northern India, where the heat has been relentless.
The remnants of Cyclonic Storm “Remal” have weakened into a low-pressure area over northeast Assam and its neighborhood.
The central and south peninsular regions of the country too are likely to receive above-normal rainfall, while northwest would receive normal rainfall.
Severe heatwave conditions are expected in Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, and western Rajasthan, with some parts of eastern Rajasthan also affected over the next five days.
Hot and humid weather conditions are also predicted for nights in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan until Friday.
Heatwave conditions likely in northwest India, while rest of the country braces for rainfall