India, Dec. 5 -- Delhi residents woke up to another "very poor" morning on Friday as the national capital's air quality index (AQI) deteriorated further from Thursday evening's levels.

According to the data from the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Sameer app, Delhi's average AQI was recorded at 324 at 7:05 AM on Friday morning. This is 20 points up from 304 recorded on Thursday evening, plummeting the city further into the "very poor" category.

Thirty-one of Delhi's forty AQI monitoring stations recorded the pollution levels in the "very poor" category, with RK Puram topping the charts at 374. It was followed closely by Bawana and Nehru Nagar, which showed AQI levels at 373 and 366, respectively.

The Mandir Marg monitoring sta...