Delhi's toxic haze persists for sixth day, pollution reaches 'severe plus' levels

Toxic haze continues to shroud Delhi for the sixth day due to unfavourable winds, with pollution levels at severe. The air quality index deteriorated from 415 at 4 pm on Saturday to 435 at 7 am on Monday.Delhi-NCR's air quality worsened last week due to lower temperatures, calm winds, and increased paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana after harvest.AQI over 450 in NCR triggerd a ban on polluting trucks, commercial 4-wheelers, and construction under the Graded Response Action Plan(GRAP) Stage IV. Delhi government also announced plans to implement the odd-even policy from November 13-20 for private transport to combat air pollution. Here is a satellite look at the Delhi's Pollution from NASA Worldview and the instance of agriculture fires in the last three days, according to Bhuvan.