Delhi's air quality remained in the "very poor" category for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, while the city recorded its second-coldest night of the season

Delhi was listed as India's most polluted city Thursday as a weeks-long air quality crisis gripping northern India has shown few signs of letting up.

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Seventeen monitoring stations across the city recorded "severe" air quality levels on Tuesday. An AQI between zero and 50 is "good," 301-400 "very poor," and above 400 "severe." Despite improved conditions on Sunday with westerly winds up to 15km/h,

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Whatever the causes of the smog, by one ranking Delhi was not just the most polluted city in the world, but “nearly five times as bad as the second most polluted city, Dhaka,” in Bangladesh next door, as Shashi Tharoor, a leader of the opposition in Parliament and best-selling author, posted on X.

While AQI has marginally improved, the city continued to remain covered in dense smog in the early hours of the day

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported that the city's 24-hour average AQI was recorded at 303 by 4 pm on Wednesday, November 27, making it the cleanest day of the month for the city.

New Delhi's air quality improved slightly on Wednesday by nearly reaching the 'poor' category from its previous status as 'very poor'.

Delhi’s air quality improved on Wednesday as the AQI (air quality index) remained at the lower end of ‘very poor’ due to strong winds that helped in dispersal of pollutants. Delhi’s Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS),