No respite from pollution woes: Delhi's AQI stays in 'severe' category for third day

Delhi woke up to another time of heavy smog connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) arsenic the aerial prime remained successful the 'severe' class for the 3rd consecutive day.

The greeting aerial prime bulletin issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed an AQI speechmaking of 404.

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Out of 37 monitoring stations, 27 reported AQI levels successful the 'severe' range. These included Burari (433), Chandni Chowk (455), Anand Vihar (431), Mundka (438), Pusa (302), Bawana (460), and Wazirpur (452).

The 'severe' class indicates a level of contamination that tin impact steadfast radical and earnestly interaction those with existing diseases.

The metropolis reported its archetypal 'severe' aerial prime time of the play connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025), erstwhile the AQI was recorded astatine 428, the archetypal specified lawsuit since December 2024.

An AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 to 100 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 'moderate', 201 to 300 'poor', 301 to 400 'very poor' and 401 to 500 'severe', arsenic per the CPCB classification.

The minimum somesthesia settled astatine 10.6 degrees Celsius, 2.9 notches beneath the season's mean with the maximum somesthesia apt to hover astir 27 degrees Celsius.