Delhi has recorded its cleanest July in a decade, with Wednesday’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 67, placing it in the ‘Satisfactory’ category. This marks a significant milestone in the city’s pollution control efforts, with 2025 already witnessing 118 days of ‘Good’, ‘Satisfactory’, or ‘Moderate’ air quality, according to official data.
“This is not a seasonal blip — this historic outcome is the result of consistent, coordinated, and no-nonsense execution,” said Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
He credited the improvement to sustained initiatives such as daily hotspot management, intensified street sweeping operations, and aggressive landfill action under the Viksit Delhi Mission.
Among Delhi’s localities, Punjabi Bagh recorded the cleanest air with an AQI of 50, followed closely by Bawana (51) and Vivek Vihar (55), all falling in the ‘Good’ category.
In the last 24 hours alone, the city cleared nearly 11,000 metric tonnes (MT) of garbage and over 2,300 MT of construction and demolition debris. More than 6,000 km of roads were cleaned, and over 900 MT of legacy waste was removed from landfills at Bhalswa and Ghazipur.
The Environment Minister emphasised that the results reflect not only administrative coordination but also active citizen involvement.
“We are not celebrating early. We are simply staying the course — and the results are becoming visible more frequently throughout the year,” he said, attributing the momentum to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.