AQI recorded in areas in Delhi. As per Central Pollution Control Board data, the AQI in some places were recorded in ‘severe’ category. Mundka recorded severe category air wit

The Supreme Court also rapped the Delhi government on Monday and demanded to know how the ban on firecrackers was not fully implemented.

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - India's capital territory of Delhi is keen to use artificial rain to fight air pollution this year, its Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday, as deteriorating air quality in the region led to an increase in respiratory illnesses.

Environment Minister Gopal Rai stated that 88% of the pollution-related complaints submitted via the Green Delhi App have been addressed.

In areas like Punjabi Bagh, Wazirpur, Ashok Vihar, Bawana, Jahangirpuri, Mundka, Rohini, Moti Bagh, and Patparganj, the air quality worsened with AQI hit the ‘severe’ category.

Delhiites continued to breathe toxic air on Tuesday as the air quality edged closer to the severe zone in some areas.

Every year during Diwali a defiance of the Delhi government’s blanket firecracker ban deteriorates the air quality in the capital.

A thick layer of toxic smog cloaked India's capital on Friday as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, pushed air pollution to hazardous levels.

A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital and New Delhi’s air quality index plunged into the “severe” category, according to SAFAR.

The air quality in Delhi has reached concerning levels, with Anand Vihar recording an AQI of 427, the highest in the city.

Delhi's PM2.5 levels peaked on Diwali night, 13% higher than last year, due to traffic congestion and farm fires.