Delhi-NCR AQI 8-year best: Pollution dips between Jan and Nov; only 3 ‘severe’ days in 2025

Delhi-NCR breathes easier this year, achieving its best air quality in eight years, excluding 2020. Average AQI and severe pollution days have significantly dropped. PM2.5 and PM10 levels are also at their lowest since 2018. Revised GRAP guidelines now place stricter measures under Stage III, impacting office operations. However, allegations of data manipulation and lax enforcement have surfaced.