The air quality in the national capital remained in the 'very poor' category and was recorded at 337 at around 8:30 am on Saturday as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
A plea filed by the Maharashtra government challenging the October 14 order of the Bombay High Court which discharged former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and others in an alleged Maoist links case is posted on January 17 by the Supreme Court.
The air quality in the national capital continues to remain in the "very poor" category as the shallow fog and mist surrounded the city on Friday morning.
The motive of the mock drill was to check the alertness, preparedness, response time and coordination of different agencies in the time of any eventuality, said Delhi Police.
The National Capital Region (NCR) continued to witness bad air as Noida, which is part of the national capital region, recorded an AQI of 344 in the 'very poor' category. Gurugram's AQI stood at 290 in the 'poor category' at 8 am in this morning.
In the National Capital Region (NCR) Noida recorded an AQI of 353, in the 'very poor' category, while Gurugram recorded an AQI of 346 and continued to remain in the 'very poor category'.
A thick layer of smog has surrounded parts of the national capital on Friday morning as Delhi's air quality remained in the lower end of the 'very poor' category with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 324, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).