Amid the worsening air quality in the national capital, Congress leader and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on November 2, today flagged filthy smog blanketing Delhi. She urged CM Rekha Gupta, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Environment minister Bhupender Yadav to act, seeking "urgent intervention'.

“Returning to the Delhi air from Wayanad first, then Bachwara in Bihar is truly shocking. The pollution enveloping this city is like a grey shroud thrown over it,” Priyanka said.

Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Sunday at some places, as sluggish wind speeds hampered the dispersal of pollutants across the city, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). As per the CPCB’s Sameer app, 17 monitoring stations registered ‘severe’ air quality levels with

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