Delhi18 of 59 monitors recorded severe air Saturday.
Stage III curbs now ban non-essential construction across the National Capital Region.
NASA satellites counted 2,624 farm fires in Punjab and Haryana since 1 October, an undercount because burning now peaks after the satellite passes.
Forecasters expect severe air through 9 November, and Stage IV curbs trigger above an index of 450.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Hindustan Times leans critical
- counts NASA-detected farm fires in Punjab and Haryana, 2,624 this season against 2,880 in the same period last year
- NDTV
- lays out the four-stage GRAP ladder and notes Stage-II was imposed Nov 2 at the same AQI 382 reading
- India.com leans critical
- ranks hotspots, naming IIT Delhi (AQI 440), Punjabi Bagh (433) and Vivek Vihar (425) as the worst monitoring stations
Sources: Hindustan Times, NDTV, India.com