New Delhi, Nov 5: Several parts of Delhi recorded air quality in the 'severe' category for a third consecutive day on Thursday, with monitoring stations across the capital again crossing the 400 mark, Inshorts reported, citing CPCB data. Jahangirpuri recorded an AQI of 459 and IIT Delhi 445 at 8:05 am, while the city's overall AQI stood at 367 at that reading, the report said.

Source: Inshorts / CPCB

ANI reported a separate CPCB morning reading in which seven stations were in the severe category: Punjabi Bagh recorded the highest at 446, followed by Narela at 434, Rohini at 431, RK Puram at 416, Bawana at 412, North Campus at Delhi University at 408 and Patparganj at 405. ANI put the overall AQI at 482 at 8:01 am in that reading. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) is continuously monitoring meteorological conditions, including wind direction and speed, and assured that necessary action is being taken, ANI reported.

Source: ANI via Indian Economic Observer

What is solid

  • Several Delhi stations were above 400 ('severe') for a third straight day on Thursday morning, per CPCB readings reported by ANI and Inshorts
  • Delhi's 24-hour average AQI was 377 on Wednesday — the highest in 288 days — with 20 of 59 stations in the severe category that day
  • GRAP Stage II curbs have been in force across the NCR since November 2

What is only claimed

  • Thursday morning's single overall city AQI figure: ANI reported 482 at 8:01 am, while the CPCB reading carried by Inshorts put the overall AQI at 367 at 8:05 am — the feeds and timings differ

The third severe morning follows Wednesday's deterioration: Delhi's overall air quality stayed in the 'very poor' category for a third day on Wednesday with an AQI of 377 at 8 am, and of the capital's 59 monitoring stations, 20 reported 'severe' air while 33 were 'very poor', Bilkul Online reported. Delhi was brought under GRAP Stage II on Monday, November 2, when its 24-hour average AQI stood at 324, entering the 'very poor' category for the first time this season.

Source: Bilkul Online

446Punjabi Bagh AQI on Thursday morning — the highest of the seven severe stations in ANI's CPCB reading
459Jahangirpuri AQI in the CPCB reading carried by Inshorts
377Delhi's AQI on Wednesday — the highest in 288 days
Stage IIGRAP curbs in force across the NCR since November 2

What happens next: the Air Quality Early Warning System has forecast that Delhi's air may turn severe again on November 6 and 7, and the Supreme Court has allowed certified green crackers only on November 7 and 8, in two windows — 6-7 am and 8-10 pm — as Diwali approaches. Awaaz Punjab reported Wednesday's reading of 377, then the highest in 288 days, in its November 4 India coverage; Thursday's station readings mark a further deterioration. Sources: ANI, reported by Indian Economic Observer (November 5, 2026); Inshorts, citing CPCB (November 5, 2026); and Bilkul Online (November 4, 2026).