India, Oct. 15 -- The air quality in the Delhi-NCR region continues to worsen. Five monitoring stations in the national capital recorded air quality index (AQI) levels above 300 on Wednesday.

This means that the air quality around these stations worsened to the "very poor" category just a day after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed an overall AQI of 211 in Delhi.

According to the data cited by news agency PTI, the AQI at five stations fell into the 'very poor' category on Wednesday. Anand Vihar recorded the highest AQI at 345, followed by DU North Campus (307), CRRI Mathura Road (307), Dwarka Sector 8 (314), and Wazirpur (325).

Delhi has 40 air quality monitoring stations, of which data from 38 were available.

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