India, Nov. 6 -- The Capital's air quality saw an improvement by several points on Wednesday, owing to an increase in wind speed. Experts said that as opposed to really calm wind conditions in the last few days, wind speed has been picking up from late night on Tuesday.

While the 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) on Wednesday was recorded at 202 (poor) at 4pm, the air quality improved further in the evening and was logged at 197 (moderate) at 7pm, according to data from the Central pollution Control Board (CPCB). The improvement in the air quality could be traced throughout the day, as the AQI was logged at 221 at 10 am and 215 at 11am.

The 24-hour average AQI was 291 (poor) on Tuesday.

"The wind speed had started picking up from...