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Air Quality Index (AQI) at 7 am reached 455, according to AQI.in.

This level is comparable to smoking nearly 11 cigarettes a day.

Delhi’s air quality has fallen just weeks after the government’s cloud-seeding experiment failed to produce artificial rain or reduce particulate levels.

On Friday, November 21, 2025, Delhi woke up choking again, breathing toxic air as pollution levels climbed over 700 and averaged 515 across the city in the early hours.

A thick grey haze settled over the city as the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 7 am reached 455, according to AQI.in, a level comparable to smoking nearly 11 cigarettes a day. The spike came just weeks after a cloud-seeding experiment at significant public expense failed to produce artificial rain or reduce particulate

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