Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir was recently targeted by the Aam Aadmi Party leaders for allegedly skipping a meeting in Delhi on Air Pollution. He was slammed for enjoying 'jalebi' during a cricket game while the national capital was choking due to poor air quality.

With decreasing wind speed and a break on odd-even scheme during Guru Nanak Jayanti, the air pollution drew a steep rise with AQI touching 500-mark at several places in the national capital. The situation is likely to worsen as it may enter the 'Emergency' zone today.

As expected, the Odd-Even scheme has come to effect in the national capital from 8 AM on Monday as the residents in Delhi battle apocalyptic levels of air pollution.

Air pollution level in Delhi has dropped to 'hazardous' level on Sunday with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 625 - the highest this year - at around 10 am.

Despite a thick blanket cover over the national capital, the BCCI has not taken a decision to call off first T20I match between India and Bangladesh slated to be played later today at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, a report said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Delhi when the national capital is passing through one of its worst phases of air pollution; taking a note of the situation, she said the air pollution can be a good argument on replacing the public buses which run on diesel with the electric ones.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that cab services operating in the national capital won’t be applying surge charges during odd-even scheme days. Notably, under the scheme, exempted vehicles having odd and even last digits of their registration numbers will be allowed to ply on alternate days; the move has been aimed at controlling pollution in Delhi.

The air quality in Delhi went from poor to very poor with people blowing crackers to celebrate Diwali in the national capital and nearby regions.

The air quality of Delhi and adjoining areas on Wednesday again slipped into "very poor" zone and the experts say it will continue to remain so for at least next three days.

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Saturday launched a Public Bicycle Share (PBS) service in order to bridge the gap of the last-mile-connectivity and reduce pollution.