Delhi AQI Worsens: Smog pushes several areas into ‘severe’ zone, what’s fueling this alarming spike?

Delhi-NCR remained blanketed in a thick layer of smog on Monday with air quality dipping once again into the ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ categories. At 6 a.m., the capital recorded an average AQI of 360, but several monitoring stations crossed the 400 mark, showing severe pollution levels and posing serious health risks.