Overview
- On Sunday, dense smog blanketed Delhi-NCR, with private tracker AQI.in citing citywide readings up to 559 and several locations above 400.
- The Air Quality Early Warning System reported Delhi’s average AQI at 359 on Saturday morning, with ITO and India Gate around 370, Akshardham at 422, and Noida Sector 125 at 434.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management revised the GRAP schedule to impose stricter, faster emergency measures across the region.
- During a Delhi press event for Tere Ishk Mein, actor Kriti Sanon said the pollution is “getting worse and worse” and that “something needs to be done,” comments widely shared by ANI.
- Sanon’s intervention renewed attention to health concerns and the divergence between official averages and private peak readings as her film approaches its November 28 release.