India, Dec. 22 -- Amid deteriorating air quality in Delhi and its neighbouring regions, the Gurugram deputy commissioner issued an advisory on Sunday for all private offices to implement a work-from-home system. The Gurugram district administration also revised the timings of all government offices in the region.

This advisory comes after the implementation of Phase IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the Delhi-NCR region. Notably, air quality has deteriorated in the national capital and adjoining regions for the past few days.

On Monday morning, Gurugram recorded an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 325, falling in the 'very poor' AQI category, while Delhi recorde...