Overview
- CPCB reports a 24-hour average AQI of 366 on Sunday, the season’s second-highest after Friday’s 373.
- Several Delhi stations breached 400 in the ‘severe’ category, with Wazirpur among the worst hit.
- PM2.5 remained the dominant pollutant as weak winds limited dispersion, official bulletins said.
- Nearby NCR cities logged ‘very poor’ air — Gurugram 357, Ghaziabad 351, Noida 348, Greater Noida 340 — while an IQAir snapshot ranked Lahore most polluted globally.
- Public fitness events proceeded, including an Indian Air Force marathon and cyclothons, as a ban on entry for non‑compliant commercial goods vehicles took effect from November 1.