Delhi’s air quality continued to hover in the ‘very poor’ category for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, with the city recording an overall AQI of 341 at 6 am. This was a slight improvement from Monday’s 359 and Sunday’s 377, as winds picked up, reaching 15 km/hr on Sunday. Garbage burns along South Side GT Road in the Industrial Area near Vijay Nagar, sending up black smoke and adding to rising pollution levels in Ghaziabad,(Sakib Ali/HT photo) Despite the slight improvement, air in most parts of the national capital and its adjoining areas remained toxic to breathe. Delhi, meanwhile, has been feeling the winter chill, with minimum temperature on Monday dropping to 8.7 degrees Celsius (°C), four notches down from the season’s normal temperature. It was also the lowest minimum for November, since 2022, when it was 8.3 degrees Celsius on November 30. The maximum temperature was recorded at 27.1 degrees Celsius on Monday. Delhi AQI today Wazirpur and Bawana recorded AQI readings above 400, placing them in the ‘severe’ category, according to Central …