India, Nov. 27 -- Mumbai woke up under a thick blanket of smog, low visibility and discomfort among residents on Wednesday. Mumbai's Air Quality Index (AQI) hit the severe category. Through the day, six stations in Mumbai recorded AQI values above 200 - slipping from the moderate to poor category. Chakala in Andheri east touched 255, Mazgaon-252, Borivali East-219 , Colaba- 216, while the AQI in Powai was 221 and Malad west was 216.

Sports manager and wife of Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma, Ritika Sajdeh took to social media to share her disbelief over the city's deteriorating air quality. Ritika, shared screenshots of AQI readings on her Instagram Stories. The first screenshot showed an AQI of 227. The air quality was classified as sever...