The AQI for R. K. Puram was recorded at 360 in the 'very poor' range. Further, as per the CPCB, the AQI was recorded in the 'very poor' range at 358 in the Anand Vihar area at 7 am.
It also issued 823 challans amounting to Rs 1.72 crore for violations related to construction and demolition waste sites during the same period, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said in a statement.
The tower, equipped with thousands of filters and can be as high as twenty meters (66 feet), is designed to capture pollution particles and improve air quality in densely populated areas.
According to a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) analysis, the city experiences peak pollution from November 1 to 15, when the number of stubble-burning incidents in Punjab and Haryana increases. Delhi’s air quality ranks among the worst in the world’s capital cities.