India, Oct. 4 -- New Delhi Delhi's air quality deteriorated on Sunday, with the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) touching 196 at 10am, its highest level in more than 82 days, as a lack of rain, slow wind speeds and localised emissions pushed pollution levels higher, officials said.

Of Delhi's 43 active air quality monitoring stations, 22 recorded air in the 'poor' category, with Mundka recording the highest AQI at 282, followed by Narela at 262, Jahangirpuri at 248 and Okhla at 232.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast no rain in the city over the next week, with partly cloudy skies likely from Tuesday.

On Sunday, a minimum temperature of 24.1'C was registered and maximum is likely to hover between 35-37'C. ...