A day after Diwali, Delhi wakes up to smog and alarming pollution levels

An elderly woman tries to exercise as smog covers Lodhi Garden in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali.  (PTI)
An elderly woman tries to exercise as smog covers Lodhi Garden in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
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A day after Diwali, air quality details shown here on an information dispaly board on the compound wall of the weather observatory at Lodhi Road in new Delhi on Friday morning. (PTI)
A day after Diwali, air quality details shown here on an information dispaly board on the compound wall of the weather observatory at Lodhi Road in new Delhi on Friday morning. (PTI)
A cyclist pedals through the morning smog Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
A cyclist pedals through the morning smog Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
Morning smog envelops the skyline on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP)
Morning smog envelops the skyline on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP)
Cyclist pedal through the morning smog a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
Cyclist pedal through the morning smog a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
Cyclist pedal through the morning smog a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
Cyclist pedal through the morning smog a day after Diwali festival, in New Delhi on Friday. (AP)
A black kite sits on a branch in the backdrop of an aircraft in flight as smog covers New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
A black kite sits on a branch in the backdrop of an aircraft in flight as smog covers New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
Smog a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
Smog a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
A morning walker wearing a pollution mask at Lodhi Garden as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali.  (PTI)
A morning walker wearing a pollution mask at Lodhi Garden as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
A sweeper cleans a street as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali.  (PTI)
A sweeper cleans a street as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
Smog covers Rajpath a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
Smog covers Rajpath a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
People performing yoga at Lodhi Garden as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali.  (PTI)
People performing yoga at Lodhi Garden as smog covers it in New Delhi on Friday morning, a day after Diwali. (PTI)
Smog a day after Diwali festival at India Gate in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)
Smog a day after Diwali festival at India Gate in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)

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