Overview
- Delhi’s overall AQI measured 346–354 on Monday morning after a season-high 391 on Sunday, with pockets such as Bawana still in the ‘severe’ range at about 412.
- The CAQM sub-committee reviewed conditions and kept GRAP Stages I–II in force, citing a marginal decline in the daily average and forecasts that show continued ‘very poor’ air.
- Modeling from the DSS indicated stubble burning contributed roughly 5% to PM2.5 on Sunday, pointing to local sources like transport, construction and industry as dominant drivers.
- Protesters gathered at India Gate to demand action and data transparency; police detained participants for assembling at a non-designated site and later released them.
- A PIL filed in the Supreme Court seeks to declare air pollution a national public health emergency, while health advisories urge residents to limit outdoor activity and use masks.