A thin layer of fog covered parts of Delhi this morning as the minimum temperature dropped below 5 degree Celsius.

Delhi's air quality plummeted to 'poor' levels, with the AQI reaching 240, amidst predictions of worsening conditions due to smog. Experts indicate significant contributions from the transport sector.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the direction to relax the stringent GRAP-4 curbs, meant to deal with severe air pollution levels to stage 2, would continue till further orders.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih asked the Centre to consider identifying top experts in the field of environment,

The data of the CPCB, the AQI at Anand Vihar stands at 178 as of 8 am, 194 at Chandani Chowk, 130 at ITO, 152 at Wazirpur, 147 at Okhla Phase 2, 145 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, 164 at Patparganj, 107 at Aya Nagar,

According to data, the lowest minimum temperature during this period was recorded on December 6, 1987, at 4.1 degrees Celsius.