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

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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

Delhi's air quality plunges into severe category
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. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Delhi air quality severe category
Vehicles move on road amid a thick layer of smog, near Akshardham Temple in New Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Delhi air quality severe category
A thick blanket of smog as the national capital's air quality plunged into the 'severe' category, in New Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Delhi air pollution November 13 2026
Vehicles move on the road amid a thick layer of smog, in East Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
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Delhi smog severe pollution
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
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CPCB Delhi AQI update
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
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Delhi air quality plunges into severe category
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
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Delhi PM2.5 concentration spike 2026
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
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IIT Delhi AQI severe reading 488
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
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Graded Response Action Plan Delhi AQI 400+
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

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