Delhi has woken up to hazardous air quality levels after Diwali, with several monitoring stations recording AQI readings above 400 and large parts of the capital blanketed in thick smog. Even as residents grapple with severe pollution despite GRAP-III curbs, the crisis has triggered a fresh political showdown. BJP minister Kapil Mishra has accused the AAP of failing to curb pollution and pointed to stubble burning in Punjab, while the debate over accountability grows louder as the national capital struggles to breathe.
