New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- The air pollution in the national capital continues to rise each day despite stricter pollution-control measures and the recent cloud-seeding experiment aimed at producing artificial rain - an effort that cost several crores. According to the Early Warning System for Delhi, the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) at 7am on Tuesday stood at 364.

Most monitoring stations across the city recorded AQI levels above 300: Anand Vihar reported 401, ITO 379, Najafgarh 332, Narela 377, Punjabi Bagh 391, and Wazirpur 400.

Pollution levels were similarly severe in neighbouring cities, with Noida at 419, Greater Noida at 340, and Gurugram at 351.

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