Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) Level Today, 20 October 2025: As Delhi gears up to celebrate Diwali today, the city is already wrapped in a thick layer of smog, making it increasingly difficult to breathe. Air quality across the national capital has plunged further, slipping into the “hazardous” category.

Bursting of crackers, along with stubble burning and vehicular emissions from those long lines of traffic, has pushed the air quality across Delhi into the ‘hazardous’ category, with an AQI of 354 at 7 am, according to private air quality monitor and forecaster AQI.in.

The Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) for Delhi, however, pegged the AQI slightly lower at 330.

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR has ordered the immediate implementation of measures u

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