Delhi continues to be wrapped in a thick blanket of smog as air pollution is showing no signs of abating.

On Monday, the air quality in the national capital was in the 'severe' category, with the air quality index reading of 293 at 11 am, according to the portal AQI that monitors real-time PM2.5 and PM10 levels. The air quality has remained either in the 'severe' or 'very poor' category for several days now.

People in Delhi NCR have been waking up to a thick layer of smog and haze-filled skyline for the last couple of weeks, and the days during and after Deepavali saw the problem worsening, thanks to firecracker residue.

According to experts, pollutants are being trapped close to the ground owing to a combination of reasons such as vehicular emissions, stubble burning in neighbouring St

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