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New Delhi: As Delhi's air quality entered "severe" category on Monday, state's Environment Minister Kailash Gahlot accused Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan government of not taking the issue seriously. Delhi's air quality entered "severe" category on Monday evening, with Environment Ministry based weather forecasting agency SAFAR predicting that the quality may further deteriorate in the coming days. Approaching winters and increase in stubble burning are said to be the main reasons for the bad quality of air in the national Capital. At 10:37 am, the air quality index (AQI) was 331. Meanwhile, the state environment minister in his letters also asked the authorities to take immediate action and stop stubble burning..