New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Delhi has achieved a significant milestone in its efforts to improve air quality, recording 211 days of Good, Satisfactory and Moderate Air Quality as of 17 October 2026, marking its best performance since 2016, except for the COVID-affected year 2020, said Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa

Significantly, with more than two months of the year still remaining, Delhi has already surpassed the total number of Good-to-Moderate air quality days recorded during the entire year in most previous years, including 200 days in 2025, 209 days in 2024, 206 days in 2023, 159 days in 2018 and 110 days in 2016, Sirsa alleged in a press release.

Announcing this, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa stated that ...