New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Residents of Delhi continued to breathe polluted air on Thursday morning, with little relief despite a gradual rise in temperatures across the national capital.

The air quality at Anand Vihar was the worst, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 302 at 9:05 am, falling into the 'very poor' category, according to data from the SAMEER App.

Delhi's overall AQI stood at 205, placing the city in the 'poor' category, with several monitoring stations reporting similarly degraded air quality levels.

Out of 38 active pollution monitoring stations, 21 recorded 'poor' air conditions. Shadipur (AQI 292), Bawana (AQI 274), and Mundka (AQI 261) were among the other worst-affected locations.

A day earlier, the city's overall AQI...