Grey and dreary: Delhi’s air quality plummets, again

Of the 170 places in the country that were part of the Central Pollution Control Board's air quality bulletin on Tuesday, Delhi recorded the worst AQI. In photo, a gardener works at the lawns of India Gate amid low visibility due to a thick layer of smog, at Kartavya Path in New Delhi. (PTI)

Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality plunged into the ‘severe’ category on Tuesday with an AQI of 424. Vehicles ply on a road amid low visibility due to smog. (PTI)

In the National Capital Region, Greater Noida and Faridabad also recorded AQI in the ‘severe’ category Tuesday. Stubble burning at one of the agriculture fields at the outskirts of the National Capital Region near Bagpat on Wednesday. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

The BJP targeted the AAP government over the rising stubble burning cases and asked it to wake up from its "deep slumber". BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh also blamed the AAP government for its "abysmal failure" in checking stubble burning in the state. (PTI)

Delhi’s worst air quality was at Ashok Vihar, Jahangirpuri and Wazirpur. All three monitoring stations recorded a 24-hour average AQI of 450 at 6 pm on Tuesday. (PTI)

A metro train moves over a bridge built over the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning. (Reuters)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said that construction activities have been stopped across Delhi in view of the rising air pollution. (Reuters)

The CM also stated that directions have been passed to give Rs 5000/per month as financial support to each construction worker during this period, when construction activities are not permitted.(PTI)