Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In a detailed letter addressed to Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Pahwa highlights that the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the ‘severe’ category, frequently touching 450-600 in several monitoring zones. PM2.5 levels, he notes, have crossed 190 mg/m3, more than three times the permissible limit of 60 mg/m3, falling squarely in the medically defined toxic and life-threatening range.
