Delhi skies were blanketed in a thick grey smog the morning after Diwali celebrations, as the city’s air quality plunged to hazardous levels. The Air Quality Index (AQI) dipped to the severe category on Tuesday, with the overall AQI recorded at 448 as of 8:12 am.
While most areas in the national capital recorded AQI levels above 300, several localities, including Greater Kailash and Patel Nagar, breached the 500 mark, entering the “severe” range. Out of Delhi’s 38 monitoring stations, 36 turned red, reflecting dangerously high levels of pollution.