Overview
- Delhi recorded an AQI around 323–324 on Friday morning, returning to the very poor category with 30 of 39 monitoring stations showing very poor readings, CPCB data show.
- The capital logged a season‑low minimum of 5.6°C and a low maximum of about 23.1°C, and the IMD placed the city under a yellow cold‑wave alert with minimums forecast near 4–6°C.
- The Air Quality Early Warning System projects several more days of very poor air; stronger northwesterly winds are limiting spikes but not clearing pollution.
- Officials convened high‑level meetings and ordered dust‑control and debris‑clearing measures, while models estimated transport as the leading local contributor at roughly 14–15% on Thursday–Friday.
- Mumbai saw a hazy morning with a citywide AQI near 129 on Friday after earlier unhealthy levels around 257–258 and local severe hotspots, and northern Rajasthan recorded sub‑3°C lows with Fatehpur near 2°C.