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Delhi residents woke up once again to a city blanketed in smog, the familiar haze settling stubbornly over roads, markets and neighbourhoods. Although official bulletins on November 16 suggested a slight improvement in air quality due to favourable winds, an on-ground investigation by Patriot painted a more troubling picture. What emerged was a consistent gap between official AQI numbers and the air residents said they were breathing, prompting fresh questions about the reliability of Delhi’s monitoring infrastructure.

Govt data vs ground reality

By mid-day on November 16, government dashboards indicated that Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) had dipped to 377, placing it in the “Very Poor” category but showing improvement from preceding days. Yet across severa

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