Delhi air pollution: Rohini, Punjabi Bagh and RK Puram among 10 worst-hit areas as AQI nears 400 | Check full list
Delhi's AQI stood at 391 on Friday, with Rohini recording the highest reading of 474. As 31 monitoring stations reported severe air quality, the Supreme Court flagged vehicular emissions and heavy traffic as major contributors to pollution.
Delhi's air quality remained dangerously poor on Friday, with several areas recording alarming pollution levels, according to the Hindustan Times Pollution Dashboard. Of the 59 monitoring stations, 31 were in the severe category and another 28 in the very poor category. The city's overall AQI stood at 391 at noon on Friday, nine points below the severe threshold of 401.
The 10 most polluted monitoring stations were listed, with the pollution levels indicating the spread of contamination across various residential areas, busy roads, and locations near major institutions. The worsening situation was brought to the attention of the Supreme Court, which identified vehicular emissions as a major contributor to pollution in the Delhi-NCR region.
The court called for immediate, medium-term, and long-term measures to control pollution levels, emphasizing the need to educate farmers about alternatives to stubble burning and urging the implementation of existing measures to reduce industrial emissions, vehicle pollution, construction dust, road dust, and stubble burning.
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