By Admin 
In view of the increasing pollution levels in Delhi-NCR and the Air Quality Index (AQI) which has reached dangerous levels, the Supreme Court has asked the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider giving instructions to carry forward sports activities in schools. While hearing on Wednesday (November 19, 2025), the Supreme Court said that the sports activities and competitions to be held in Delhi-NCR in November-December should be postponed for the time being and scheduled for later, so that the AQI improves by then.
According to the report of Live Law, Advocate Aparajita Singh told the court that sports activities and competitions are to be held in many schools of Delhi-NCR in November, while the AQI has reached a very poor condition.
A bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing the case. Advocate Aparajita Singh told the bench that children are the most vulnerable and organizing sports competitions at such a time would be equivalent to putting them in a gas chamber. On their arguments, the court has directed CAQM to consider the sports competitions.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), till 9 am on Wednesday, Delhi’s AQI was 392, which falls in the very poor category. On Tuesday, AQI was 314 at 7 am and 374 was recorded at 4 pm. With this, the air quality in Delhi remained in ‘very poor’ category for the sixth consecutive day.
Data from CPCB’s ‘Sameer’ app also revealed that 18 out of 38 monitoring centers have recorded AQI levels in the ‘severe’ category. Centers located at Chandni Chowk, DTU, Bawana, Anand Vihar, Mundka, Narela and Wazirpur have recorded AQI above 400. According to CPCB, AQI between 0 to 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
Talking about the weather, the minimum temperature was recorded at 10.2 degrees Celsius which is 2.1 degrees less than the average. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 26 degrees Celsius. India Meteorological Department said that the relative humidity has been recorded at 97 percent at 8.30 in the morning.