New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- An independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that Delhi's Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) accurately forecasted over 80% of the city's "very poor and above" air pollution days during the winter months of 2023-24 and 2024-25. The system predicted 83 out of 92 high pollution episodes (AQI >300) in 2023-24 and 54 out of 58 such episodes in 2024-25. The study, titled How Well Can Delhi Predict Air Quality? Insights for India's Decision Support Systems, highlighted improvements in forecasting the most severe pollution days (AQI >400) with the system predicting 5 out of 14 episodes in 2024-25, compared to only one out of 15 in 2023-24. "Accurate forecasts empower policymakers,...