Delhi's AQI drops to 218 amid massive clean-up efforts

India Nov 01, 2025

Delhi's air quality just saw a sharp improvement, with the AQI dropping from 373 to 218—no rain involved, which even surprised the experts.
Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa credited this progress to over 1,200 enforcement teams and hundreds of anti-smog guns working across the city.

Not all is clear yet

A big part of the credit goes to coordinated government clean-up efforts like daily mechanical sweeping. Weather helped too: lower humidity and light winds pushed pollutants away.
Still, not all is clear—while most areas improved to 'poor' or 'moderate,' Wazirpur was stuck in the 'very poor' category, and forecasts say tough days aren't over yet.