Overview
- Opposition MPs demonstrated outside Parliament with masks and oxygen cylinders, with Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urging immediate action and a formal debate on the health emergency.
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a high-level review and announced a CM-led panel with special powers, directing FIRs and heavy penalties for lapses in dust control, road repairs and construction-site compliance.
- Agencies were ordered to repair potholes within 72 hours, expand mechanised sweeping and dust mitigation, and use the Green Delhi app to geo-tag fixes and monitor hotspots in real time.
- CPCB chair Vir Vikram Yadav said 2,254 highly polluting units have yet to connect OCEMS and warned of closures for missing the 31 December deadline, as the Centre pressed NCR states to finalise 2026 clean-air plans.
- Students and activists rallied at Jantar Mantar for a parliamentary committee and independent monitoring, echoing concerns over data gaps as official figures show 200,000+ acute respiratory cases in Delhi hospitals from 2022 to 2024.