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Delhi's overall air quality index (AQI) has been recorded at 301, which corresponds to the "very poor" category, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
On Saturday, a haze invaded the nation's capital and the worst air quality this season was recorded at AQI 324.
Anand Vihar, Mundaka, Narela, Dwarka Sector 8, Nehru Nagar and Rohini all showed "very bad" air quality and are moving towards high levels of pollution, he said.
An IQA between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor" and 401 and 500 "severe".
The Supreme Court on Friday appointed the Environmental Protection Control Authority (EPCA) with state governments and government officials in Delhi to discuss the pollution situation in the nation's capital.
A member of the EPCA said Friday that the state of the situation had been drawn up and that it had been decided to pay special attention to vulnerable hot spots in which the quality of the The air was "mediocre" or "very mediocre".
PM2.5 (presence of particles in the air with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers) reached a new high of 167. PM 2.5, also known as "fine particles", can pose a health problem more serious than PM10.
The level of PM10 (presence of airborne particles with a diameter of less than 10 micrometers) in Delhi rose to 293, according to data from the System of forecasting and research of the quality of the Air (SAFAR) Center.
A CPCB official said that a number of factors were responsible for the degradation of air quality, including vehicle pollution, construction activities and weather factors, such as the management of wind, which are now flowing from stubble burning areas.
NASA's satellite images show countless fires already present in Haryana and Punjab.
The head of the Delhi government, Arvind Kejriwal, warned on Friday that the city would soon become a "gas chamber" because the governments of Central, Punjab and Haryana were doing "absolutely nothing" for the farmers involved in the thatch.
"I am sad that the Central, Punjab and Haryana governments have done absolutely nothing for farmers, so farmers will suffer on one side and Delhi will soon become a gas chamber. (sic) ", he tweeted.
