Vehicles inched through a thick curtain of smog at Anand Vihar, New Delhi, on 12 November 2026, as the area recorded hazardous air quality — among the worst pollution hotspots in the capital that day. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Traffic on the NH 24 highway near Nizamuddin, New Delhi, pushed through hazardous smog on 12 November 2026, with visibility severely reduced along one of the capital's busiest arterial routes. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Commuters travelling along the NH 24 highway near Nizamuddin faced hazardous air quality conditions on 12 November 2026, with smog reducing visibility and raising serious public health concerns across New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Roads at Anand Vihar, one of New Delhi's most pollution prone zones, were cloaked in toxic smog on 12 November 2026, as vehicles navigated through hazardous air quality conditions reported that morning. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
A Delhi Metro train passed through a dense smog haze at Anand Vihar on 12 November 2026, even as road vehicles below navigated hazardous air quality — a stark visual of the capital's worsening winter pollution. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
Motorists at Anand Vihar, New Delhi, struggled through a thick smog layer on 12 November 2026, with the locality consistently flagged as one of the capital's worst air quality hotspots during the winter season. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) anti smog vehicle sprayed water at Anand Vihar on 12 November 2026 to suppress airborne dust particles, as hazardous smog blanketed the national capital. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
An MCD water spraying vehicle worked to clear airborne dust at Anand Vihar as a Delhi Metro train passed overhead on 12 November 2026, with smog maintaining a hazardous grip on the national capital. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) deployed a water spraying vehicle at Anand Vihar on 12 November 2026 in an effort to reduce airborne dust concentrations as dense smog engulfed the area. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)
With New Delhi's air quality classified as hazardous on 12 November 2026, an MCD tanker continued water spraying operations at Anand Vihar to limit dust re suspension — one of several emergency measures reportedly activated across the capital. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)