In Photos: Delhi Enveloped By Smog As Air Quality Plunges Into Severe Category

Delhi's air quality entered the severe category for the first time this season on November 13, with the city recording an average AQI of 403. Thick smog reduced visibility across the capital

Vehicles move on road amid a thick layer of smog, near Akshardham Temple in New Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook

A thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, in New Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook

Vehicles move on the road amid a thick layer of smog, in East Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook

A man meditates amid a thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, at Lodhi Garden, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Rushikesh More

Vehicles move along a road amid a thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia

Mist sprinklers spray water to settle pollution as Delhi's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, near Anand Vihar ISBT in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia

The statue of Neelkanth Varni at the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple complex stands shrouded in a thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia

A man wearing a protective face mask exercises amid a thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, at Lodhi Garden, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Rushikesh More

People perform yoga amid a thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, at Lodhi Garden, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Rushikesh More