The air quality in the national capital has continued to deteriorate in the last few days. However, amid the concerning conditions, Delhi's air quality on Wednesday improved slightly but still remained in the 'poor' category with an AQI reading of 273.

As reported by news agency PTI, twenty-seven monitoring stations recorded air quality in the 'poor' category, while Shadipur was in the 'very poor' category with a reading of 308, according to the CPCB's Sameer app.