DelhiThree monitoring stations logged “very poor” air above 300.
The capital’s index stayed “poor” for a second day, with no relief forecast.
Dussehra smoke trapped by still, damp night air lifted the index 66 points in a day, to 245.
A government forecast puts stubble burning’s share of pollution at 15.9% on Friday, up from 3.9%.
How each outlet framed it
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- Hindustan Times
- breaks the AQI jump down by station and day, noting Dussehra smoke and the worst day-after-festival reading since 2021
- The New York Times
- explains what GRAP Stage I actually restricts: construction limits, coal and firewood bans, traffic congestion
- NDTV
- quotes CAQM's forecast that AQI stays 'Poor' and the minister's claim that GRAP arrived unusually late this season
Sources: Hindustan Times, The New York Times, NDTV