Overview
- Delhi’s AQI peaked at 388 in the morning and settled at 366 by 4 pm, with PM2.5 identified as the dominant pollutant.
- Five monitoring stations logged 'severe' readings at 4 pm: Burari (404), Chandni Chowk (404), RK Puram (401), Vivek Vihar (402) and Wazirpur (418).
- The Centre’s Air Quality Early Warning System projects 'very poor' air through Monday and 'severe' on Tuesday, easing back to 'very poor' on Wednesday.
- CAQM has not invoked Stage 3 of GRAP despite multiple breaches of the 350 mark, keeping Stages 1–2 in place after reverting to original thresholds of 400 for Stage 3 and 450 for Stage 4.
- Air quality also deteriorated in Haryana, with Gurugram at 357 and Dharuhera reaching a 'severe' 434 at the 4 pm reading, according to PTI.