22/10/2026
Visibility Watch: Delhi NCR is officially in pollution season. The CAQM invoked Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan on Wednesday after the capital's air slipped into the poor category, AQI 244 by mid afternoon, and the forecast holds it there for the coming days. Report via ANI: https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/grap-stage-1-imposed-in-delhi-ncr-as-air-quality-dips-to-poor-category20261021164027/
For riders the lesson is simple. Air thick enough to trigger GRAP is air that swallows contrast. A dark bike in grey haze fades into the background at dawn and dusk, exactly the hours most of us commute.
One practical takeaway: clean your tail lamp and indicators before you leave, and ride with your rear lights on through the haze hours, not just after dark.
A pair of Kroozer strobes on the tail gives traffic a sharp red pulse to pick out when the air goes flat and grey.
Be visible. Be home.