New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- Residents in Delhi woke up on Friday to a thick blanket of haze hanging over the city's skyline, with the AQI remaining in the "severe" category for much of the morning. For eight hours, from the early morning until around noon, the city's air quality remained in the severe zone, underscoring the worsening pollution situation. The city's official AQI crossed into the "severe" category for the first time this season at 4am. At 8am, 33 of the 58 monitoring stations reporting data recorded "severe" air quality, according to CPCB data. By 9pm, the situation had improved marginally, with 10 stations recording readings in the "severe" category and 44 in the "very poor" category.P4

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