DESPERATELY breathless and beyond redemption in the immediate future - Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Monday, leaving people gasping with itchy eyes and sore throats as the Air Quality Index stood at 494, the secondworst in the last six years.
With the Air Quality Index (AQI) entering the 'severe plus' category choking the national capital, the Supreme Court directed all Delhi-NCR states to immediately set up teams to strictly enforce anti-pollution GRAP 4 restrictions, making it clear that the curbs will continue till further orders.
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