It seemed like a pleasant morning in Delhi, as the toxic haze cleared up after a light rainfall today morning in Delhi.

Although the toxic smog is cleared but the AQI still does remain high but a little better than previous days.

The weather agency expects the pollution to ease up ahead of Diwali on Sunday, as reported by NDTV.

Delhi received the showers at a time when the city government is planning to induce artificial rain on November 20-21 through cloud seeding to tackle the severe air pollution.

The overall air quality in Delhi at 7 am today was 407, according to data by the government's air-quality monitoring agency SAFAR.

Similarly, while the average AQI remained in the severe category in RK Puram at 446, the CPCB data showed the air quality saw a drastic improvement (satisfactory) in the morning.

The average AQI reading in Noida Sector-62 stood at 425, while the minimum was recorded at 56 (satisfactory).

The Gurugram also saw a sudden improvement in the air quality, with the AQI clocking at 50 (good) at 6am, the average AQI remained 'very poor' at 399.

Some of the worst-affected areas were Ashok Vihar (443), Anand Vihar (436), Bawana (433), Rohini (429) and Punjabi Bagh (422). The situation isn't any better in Noida, Gurugram and other neighbouring cities. Noida's average AQI this morning was 475, Faridabad 459, Gurugram 386, and Ghaziabad (325).

The data showed major drop in the level of pollutants PM 2.5 and PM10 after 4am across the national capital and surrounding areas.  

Although the AQI levels are still so high, but with rain it has given a little respite to Delhites, hopefully Delhi will be able to celebrate Diwali in a little better way.