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Delhi air quality worsens as winter smog returns

Jantar Mantar observatory, sundial, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur in 1724 - buses, vehicles, people, palms, trees, photo from hotel, atmospheric distance steamy hot morning, downtown New Delhi, on pilgrimage, 1993, India
Photo: Jantar Mantar observatory, sundial, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur in 1724 - buses, vehicles, people, palms, trees, photo from hotel, atmospheric distance steamy hot morning, downtown New Delhi, on pilgrimage, 1993, India by Wonderlane · CC BY 2.0

Delhi’s average AQI reached 391 Friday morning, while several monitoring areas were rated severe. Authorities expected severe conditions to persist for three days.

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