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No saving grace: City air as toxic as it was
The Morning Standard
|November 16, 2023
Average air quality index was recorded at 401, bad air to persist in coming days, says Central Pollution Control Board
THE poisonous haze blanketing the city thickened on Wednesday as the air quality deteriorated to ‘severe’ category due to unfavourable meteorological conditions
The average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at over 401, as per the data shared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The central pollution watchdog noted AQI in Anand Vihar at 430, in RK Puram at 417, in Punjabi Bagh at 423, and in Jahangirpuri at 428.
The national capital’s 24-hour average AQI recorded on Tuesday at 397. It was 358 on Monday and 218 on Sunday, 220 on Saturday, 279 on Friday and 437 on Thursday.
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