Delhi CM targets Punjab over stubble burning; air high quality continues to be very poor

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday (November 17, 2025) attacked the Punjab authorities over stubble burning on the Northern Zonal Council assembly, chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah, held in Faridabad.

“She (Ms. Gupta) stated that states like Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh have proven optimistic progress in crop-residue administration lately, however the quantity of smoke coming from Punjab stays considerably excessive,” the CMO stated in a press release.

She expressed hope that each one neighbouring States, particularly Punjab and Haryana, would lengthen stronger cooperation to make sure cleaner air for Delhi.

Ms. Gupta sought cooperation from neighbouring States and measures to remove stubble burning, make interstate transport zero-emission, remove mud from main and minor roads connecting the States, and management air pollution at close by industrial amenities, based on the CMO.

The CM additionally highlighted Delhi’s push for a totally electrical bus fleet and urged NCR cities to speed up their transition to electrical buses, taxis, and autos to deliver a couple of substantial discount in air pollution.

“On the difficulty of consuming water provide, the Chief Minister careworn the urgency of renewing the 1994 water-sharing settlement. Considering Delhi’s rising necessities, she reiterated Delhi’s request to extend its share of Yamuna water from 980 MGD to 1250 MGD,” the assertion stated.

‘Very poor’ air continues

The general air high quality of Delhi continued to be within the “very poor” class on Monday (November 17, 2025) and it’s more likely to keep on the identical stage for at the least the following three days, as per official knowledge.

‘Severe’ stage air air pollution was recorded in Ghaziabad and several other different cities of north India reeled below ‘very poor’ air high quality, as per official knowledge.

Air air pollution of ‘extreme’ class “impacts wholesome individuals and significantly impacts these with present ailments”, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI) was 351 (very poor) at 4 p.m. on Monday (November 17, 2025), barely down from 377 (very poor) a day earlier, as per the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) day by day official bulletin, which is taken into account as a day’s official AQI. The next AQI means a rise in air air pollution.

An AQI between 51 and 100 is “passable”, 101 and 200 is termed as “average”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “extreme”, as per the CPCB.

“The air high quality is more likely to be within the Very Poor class from 18.11.2025 to twenty.11.2025. The outlook for the next 6 Days: The air high quality is more likely to be within the Very Poor class,” stated the Central authorities’s ‘Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi’.

Every winter, air air pollution spikes in Delhi-NCR and lots of elements of the bigger Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), primarily as a result of meteorological elements comparable to decrease wind velocity and a drop in temperature. And air pollution from stubble burning throughout October-November and bursting of firecrackers worsens it.