Mumbai weather updates: Clear skies, moderate air quality across city

The India Meteorological Department IMD on Saturday has forecasted maximum and minimum temperatures in Mumbai to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 18 degrees Celsius respectivelyAccording to the Sameer app Mumbairsquos air quality index AQI on Saturday stands at 117 categorised as moderate This level may cause breathing discomfort for people with lung disorders asthma or heart conditionsAQI across MumbaiBandra Kurla Complex BKC ndash 138Borivali East ndash 117Byculla ndash 101Andheri East ndash 148Colaba ndash 100Deonar ndash 129DelhiNCRs air quality persists to be very poor at 368 AQIMeanwhile Delhis air quality persisted in the very poor category on Saturday with a recorded AQI of 368 a slight jump from the 354 AQI recorded on Friday The slight jump comes a day after stage 3 of the Graded Action Response Plan GRAP was reimposed in the national capital region as a proactive measure to deal with the further deterioration of the air qualityAccording to data from the Central Pollution Control Board CPCB multiple areas recorded their AQI above 350 With Anand Vihar recording 350 AQI Ashok Vihar at 385 AQI Burari crossing at 360 all stayed in the very poor categoryMeanwhile Chandani Chowk and ITO fared a bit worse recording an AQI of 427 and 405 respectively being in the severe categoryDelhis IGI airport too had recorded its AQI in the very poor category at 304 AQI Whereas the college area of IIT Delhi also recorded 313 AQIThe deteriorating air quality in Chandani chowk and ITO comes amid sportspersons raising concerns about the conditions for their sports tournament Danish shuttler Anders Antonsen had withdrawn from the badminton tournament India Open 2026 citing the severe air pollution Anders said he hopes New Delhis air quality will improve later this year when the national capital will host the BWF World ChampionshipsMeanwhile visibility has been affected across the region as cold wave conditions continued to prevail in the national capital and dense fog enveloped large parts of the city The dense fog around the airport area also led to certain flight delays due to the reduced visibilityHowever there has been a slight improvement in minimum temperature which stood at 7 degrees Celsius on Saturday morning compared to 4 degrees Celsius recorded on FridayIn view of the air quality a ninepoint action plan as per StageIII of the extant GRAP is applicable with immediate effect in the entire NCR The ninepoint action plan includes steps to be implemented ensured by different agencies including the Pollution Control Boards of NCR and DPCC