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Center-Right Owned by HT Media Ltd.Bahadurgarh tops air pollution chart with AQI of 400, Delhi ranks 10th
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Delhi’s post‑Diwali AQI reading has prompted scrutiny of pollution averages after the India Meteorological Department forecast ‘severe’ air quality – defined as an AQI above 400 – for November 8 and 9. While Delhi was placed tenth in the latest rankings, with the city’s AQI below the 400 mark that topped Bahadurgarh, air quality across five northern states fell into the ‘severe’ zone despite GRAP Stage 3 emergency restrictions. Experts note that AQI values such as 150, 300 or 500 correspond to varying health risks, underscoring concerns about the post‑festival smog.
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Delhi’s air quality slipped to the ‘very poor’ category on the day after Diwali, with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recording an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 370, while some private air-quality monitoring platforms reported readings as high as 1,500. The discrepancy came even as…
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IMD had predicted ‘severe’ category air pollution, which is above 400 AQI, for both November 8 and November 9
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Air quality across North India plunged into the ‘severe’ zone on Monday, with Haryana's Bahadurgarh worst hit. Pollution levels spiked across five states despite the activation of GRAP Stage 3 emergency restrictions.
