Delhiites Aghast at Air Quality After Smog Envelops City

Delhi records severe pollution levels again, visibility down to 200 metres.

Residents in Delhi-NCR woke up to a thick cover of smog on the morning of 7 November, with several parts of the capital region reporting lowest visibility this season yet. Some thought it was the winter setting in, that is until one looked at the alarming pollution levels. The average air quality was 403 as per AQI, which lies in the ‘very poor’ category.

While several residents took to Twitter to post images of the low visibility due to the smog cover, journalists shared startling statistics about air quality.

Delhi in the mood of luka chhupi today. Air Quality Index reads 1000 in Gurgaon, 954 in the city. Excellent! #delhipollution #smog pic.twitter.com/PYKHieLrZs

— Murukesh Krishnan (@MURUKESHK) November 7, 2017

#Delhi airport visibility reduced to 200 metres. Lowest of the season. #Fog / #smog to persist for few days on morning. @SkymetWeather

— Mahesh Palawat (@Mpalawat) November 7, 2017

Delhi is covered with deadly #smog .
No outrage? No discussion? No suggestion?
Where are all Eminent Environment Activists? 🤔

— चार लोग (@WoCharLog) November 7, 2017

Airastrophe ! Airidemic ! Airocalypse ! #smog

— Anjana Om Kashyap (@anjanaomkashyap) November 7, 2017

#Delhi NCR clouded in #smog #today. The #pollution levels are alarming and need immediate policy making and execution #ClimateChange #India

— Prassenjit Lahiri (@prassenjit) November 6, 2017

This is how bad the #smog is outside my apartment in Greater Noida right now. #pollution #delhipollution pic.twitter.com/aw2F2IFAUo

— Rezaul Hasan Laskar (@Rezhasan) November 7, 2017

Delhi needs emergency action against #smog. Not squibs like #crackerban, #OddEven. Stop the big polluters — crop burning, trucks, industries

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) November 7, 2017

Delhi #Smog😡
Why?

DTC Buses-Down from 5500 to 3600 in 3 yrs!
Metro 3rd Phase-Delayed by 3yrs-22 of159km!
Metro 4th Phase-Vanished in #Smog pic.twitter.com/dnwHPWeCow

— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) November 7, 2017

AQI was 700-900 on Diwali, 273 after Diwali (3 days). Today its 743. Definitely this is not due to Crackers. Now go hide your face. #Smog pic.twitter.com/B6XoCoZH4T

— Mohit Chauhan (@kishan1919) November 7, 2017

#Smog was the top trend on Twitter for most of the morning, with poor air quality levels being recorded in parts of Punjab too. Some Twitter users went on to compare the smog in India to the air quality in Beijing.