India, Jan. 3 -- The Capital's air quality continued to remain in the 'poor' category on Saturday morning, aided by strong surface winds, which had markedly improved Delhi's air quality a day before. The city's air quality index (AQI) stood at 235 (poor) at 8am, as compared to the 24-hour average AQI of 236 recorded at 4pm on Friday, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Delhi's air quality on Friday improved by more than a 100 points from Thursday's reading of 380 (very poor) at 4pm. This prompted the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to lift stage-3 measures of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) with immediate effect in NCR on Friday evening.

According to forecasts by the Air Quality Early W...