Overview

• Delhi’s 24-hour average AQI settled at 88, entering the ‘satisfactory’ band and ending a 21-day run of ‘moderate’ readings, CPCB data showed.
• Meteorologists credited morning rain and steady evening winds near 15 km/h for dispersing pollutants and averting a typical post-festivity spike.
• DPCC sensors recorded short PM2.5 bursts around 9–10 pm at sites such as Anand Vihar, Punjabi Bagh, RK Puram and Ashok Vihar before levels quickly eased.
• IMD forecast a western disturbance influencing northwest India from October 4–8, with light to moderate rain likely in Delhi on October 5–7.
• IARI counted 159 stubble-burning incidents since September 15, and the CAQM authorized district authorities to pursue complaints against officials negligent in enforcing the burning ban.