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Delhi-NCR woke up to dense smog as air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category, with AQI levels breaching hazardous limits and GRAP Stage-IV restrictions imposed to curb pollution.

Delhi’s air quality slipped into the hazardous range as dense smog enveloped the city, pushing the AQI to 461 and reducing visibility. Several NCR cities also recorded severe pollution, prompting health concerns and low-visibility procedures at the IGI Airport.

The routine playbook: halting construction, limiting vehicles, and experimenting with temporary fixes will not address the structural roots of the crisis

Supreme Court asks the government not to allow scaling down of the preventive measures without its prior permission

A layer of smog covered national capital and air quality was recorded in "very poor" category with an average AQI of 358 at 9 am

Data from the CPCB's Sameer App shows that air quality at Bawana and New Moti Bagh stations in severe category with readings of 409