By: Express Web DeskDelhi | Updated: November 15, 2025 08:26 AM IST 1 min readA man wears a mask amid smog as the Air Quality Index (AQI) remains in poor category, near ISBT in New Delhi (Photo credit: PTI )Delhi woke up to another day of choking smog on Saturday, with the air quality remaining in the ‘severe’ category. The Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) recorded the city’s AQI at 386, while private air quality monitor AQI.in pegged it at 470. This is equivalent to the impact of smoking 12 cigarettes a day on your lungs. A dense layer of haze shrouded the skyline, leaving buildings and arterial roads barely visible in the morning.As per the Early Warning System for Delhi, the AQI was at 386 at 5:30 AM. The difference in the AQI readings is due to the different parameters measured and locations of the aqi quality monitoring stations.With the pollution levels remaining alarmingly high, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has kept in place Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in place across Delhi-NCR. The curbs under this stage include restrictions on construction activities, brick kilns, stone crushers and other high-emission operations. Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:AQIdelhi