Delhi woke up to a blanket of toxic smog on Friday as its air quality plunged to “hazardous” levels, recording an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 727, according to Swiss air monitoring platform IQAir. The capital, already reeling from post-Diwali pollution, is now trapped under a dense mix of farm fire emissions, stagnant winds, and winter inversion that have turned its air unbreathable. Advertisement

The worsening pollution crisis in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) has pushed air quality into the ‘very poor’ and now ‘hazardous’ category, sparking renewed health concerns across the city. According to reports, the pollution level was under the poor category, but now it has breached the mark and has entered the very poor category. The average AQI in Delhi stood at 311 on Thu

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