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Center-Right Owned by The PioneerAQI at 377, worst in 288 days; 22 stations record severe air
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Delhi is experiencing severe smog ahead of Diwali, with the city’s air staying in the ‘very poor’ band for a third straight day. The AQI reached 369 and twenty monitoring stations moved into the ‘severe’ category, with PM2.5 identified as the main pollutant. The smog resurgence is linked to stubble burning in Punjab, where over 2,000 farm fires have been recorded, sparking a political war and criticism of the AAP. Earlier reports noted Delhi’s air quality nearing a hazardous mark of 399 and the NCR being blanketed by smog amid the political row over farm fires.
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Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further on Wednesday, with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) climbing to 377, the highest since January 20, as 22 of the city’s 59 monitoring stations recorded pollution levels in the severe category. According to a private tracker, aqi.in, breathing the…
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Delhi’s air quality deteriorated further on Wednesday, with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) climbing to 377, the highest since January 20, as 22 of the city’s 59 monitoring stations recorded pollution levels in the severe category. According to a private tracker, aqi.in, breathing the…
