With air quality in Delhi-NCR finally improving to moderate" due to the meteorological conditions, the pollution monitoring agencies say it is the first December in three years when the national capital inhaled normal air. On Thursday, Delhi and the region around it saw a moderate air quality with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 194 in Delhi at 4 p.m. It was consistent till 9 p.m. This is for the first time that normal air quality was seen across Delhi-NCR since October 7 this year, while it is first December to have normal air in the last three years, officials said. The wind speeds are up and it also drizzled at places, beside for past two days, we ensured curbing of extra emissions from burning of garbage, controlling fire at landfill sites and by water sprinkling,A. Sudhakar, Member Secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), told IANS. He added that efforts were bolstered in the last two days as the national capital hosted cricket matches where Sri Lankan players seen on the field wearing masks. Officials were posted at all the landfill sites to actively check any incident of fire and it was doused within hours. Earlier, it would take civic bodies 48 hours to douse such a fire. Besides, the stubble burning totally stopped, Sudhakar added.