Overview
- After a brief improvement to an AQI of 202 on Wednesday evening, Delhi’s overall readings rebounded to the poor range on Thursday morning (roughly 264–278) with several stations slipping into very poor, CPCB data show.
- The Air Quality Early Warning System expects very poor air from November 6–8 as evening wind speeds dip below 10 kmph, favoring pollutant accumulation.
- Independent platforms and ground checks reported sharper spikes at hotspots, with aqi.in showing hazardous early‑morning values and an India Today probe finding higher site readings than some official figures.
- Authorities said GRAP‑2 enforcement continues with over 20,000 challans against polluting vehicles since October 19 and large deployments of anti‑smog guns, sprinklers, mechanical sweepers and 1,200‑plus inspection teams.
- CREA ranked Delhi sixth most polluted in October and said stubble burning contributed under 6% of PM2.5 that month, with Dharuhera topping the list and baseline, year‑round sources driving much of the load.