Capital’s air quality remains ‘severe’ for sixth straight day
The Hindu
Parts of city receive light rain; minimum temperature goes up
It was an overcast Sunday in the Capital with the air quality continuing to remain in the “severe” category for the sixth consecutive day, while the minimum temperature rose by a few notches. Parts of the city received light rain in the evening.
The average 24-hour air quality index (AQI) based on data from 35 monitoring stations was 459 with PM2.5 as the chief pollutant. Other parts of the NCR like Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad were also in the “severe” level, while Gurgaon was in the “very poor” category.
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