The air quality in the national capital continued to remain in the ‘severe’ category on Wednesday morning (November 12, 2025) for the second day since it worsened for the first time this season, as per official data. This comes a day after the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-III was invoked across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).

Breaching the 400-mark across multiple monitoring stations, Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) was 414 at 9 a.m., as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Among all monitoring stations, Wazirpur recorded the highest AQI of 459, categorised as ‘severe’ air quality, while NSIT Dwarka monitoring station recorded an AQI of 215, categorised as ‘poor’ air quality.

The enforcement of GRAP III, a set of emergency measures to curb r

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